Powder-Rheum officinale extract

Active Ingredients:Emodin Test Method:(HPLC-UV) CAS number:518-82-1

Rheum officinale extract

 

 

Active Ingredients:Emodin Product Specification An orange-red crystalline substance 50%, 60%, 98% (HPLC-UV) .

 Latin Name                   Polygonum cuspidatum or Rheum officinale Baill                                

Chinese Name                 Hu Zhang \ or Dahuang/

Part of the Plant Used           Root

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IUPAC Name            1,8-dihydroxy-3-(hydroxymethyl)anthracene-9,10-dione

Other Names                          6-methyl-1,3,8-trihydroxyanthraquinone

CAS number                       518-82-1

 

Product Introduction

Emodin is a biologically active, naturally occurring anthraquinone derivative (1,3,8-trihydroxy-6-methylanthraquinone). Which is one of the most popular traditional medicinal herbs and is officially listed in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia (China Pharmacopoeia Committee, 2005). Pharmacological test revealed that Rheum officinale Baill had pharmacological activities such as cathartic, anti-psychotic, antiinflammatory, antimicrobial, hemostasis and so on, so it has been used for the treatment of dysentery, cholera, uraemia, leukaemia, diabetes, lung cancer and widely used in combination with other crude drugs for the treatment of wound healing from ancient times in China.

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Active Ingredients         Emodin

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Product Specification

An orange-red crystalline substance

50%, 60%, 98% (HPLC-UV)

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Physiological Functions

Antifeedant-and anti-inflammatory, anti-mutagenic, anti-corrosion, anti-cancer (chest), anti-ulcer, anti-virus, catharsis, and promoting gonads, for suppression of disease, pesticides, catharsis, spasm, bleeding Agent.

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Side Effect

Laxatives are among the most commonly used drugs or additives. Most are quite safe when used judiciously, intermittently when possible, and in the absence of contraindications. Bulking agents and nonabsorbable compounds such as lactulose can cause bloating but have very few serious adverse effects except for the allergic reaction to psyllium preparations.

 

Applications

Pharmaceutical stuff

Functional food and food additiv

Powder-Rheum officinale extract