emodin - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'emodin' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Emodin

[ n.]

- An orange-red crystalline substance, C15H10O5, obtained from the buckthorn, rhubarb, etc., and regarded as a derivative of anthraquinone; -- so called from a species of rhubarb (Rheum emodei).

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