Emodin
 

Edited by: Joe Hing Kwok Chu

An orange-red crystalline substance, C₁₄H₄O₂(OH)₃CH₃,

obtained from the buckthorn, rhubarb, etc, and regarded as a derivative of anthraquinone; so called from a species of rhubarb (Rheum emodei). It is used as a laxative.

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