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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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