Electrochemical behaviour of some naturally occurring hydroxy derivatives of 9,10-anthraquinone such as chrysophanic acid (Ch), rhein (Rh) and emodin (Em) at mercury and glassy carbon electrodes using two different supporting electrolytes in chloroform is described. In the presence of piperidinium
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the difference and causes of purgative activity in three species of certified rhubarb, so as to lay steady foundations of further research on assessing purgative activity impersonally by using measurable indexes.
METHODS
The potencies of three species were comparied with
Chrysophanic acid (CA) is a member of the anthraquinone family abundant in rhubarb, a widely used herb for obesity treatment in Traditional Korean Medicine. Though several studies have indicated numerous features of CA, no study has yet reported the effect of CA on obesity. In this study, we tried
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