EMODIN


Meaning of EMODIN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈe-mə-dən ]

noun

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary emodi- (from New Latin Rheum emodi, species of rhubarb) + -in (I)

Date: 1858

: an orange crystalline phenolic compound C 15 H 10 O 5 that is obtained from plants (as rhubarb and cascara buckthorn) and is used as a laxative

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