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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