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Emodin-8-glucoside

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Emodin-8-glucoside is a natural product found in various plants used in traditional herbal medicine such as Aloe vera and Rheum officinale. It has antiviral effects, and has a complex mechanism of action, acting as a 5-HT1B agonist as well as an activator of PPARα/γ and AMPK.[1][2]

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Emodin-8-glucoside
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  • 1,6-dihydroxy-3-methyl-8-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyanthracene-9,10-dione
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Chemical and physical data
FormulaC21H20O10
Molar mass432.381 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • CC1=CC2=C(C(=C1)O)C(=O)C3=C(C2=O)C=C(C=C3O[C@H]4[C@@H]([C@H]([C@@H]([C@H](O4)CO)O)O)O)O
  • InChI=1S/C21H20O10/c1-7-2-9-14(11(24)3-7)18(27)15-10(16(9)25)4-8(23)5-12(15)30-21-20(29)19(28)17(26)13(6-22)31-21/h2-5,13,17,19-24,26,28-29H,6H2,1H3/t13-,17-,19+,20-,21-/m1/s1
  • Key:HSWIRQIYASIOBE-JNHRPPPUSA-N
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Biosynthesis

The enzyme hydroxyanthraquinone glucosyltransferase, characterised from Cinchona succiruba, converts the hydroxyanthraquinone, emodin,[3] to its glucosylated derivative, emodin-8-glucoside. The glucose unit is transferred from UDP-glucose, with uridine diphosphate (UDP) as byproduct.[4]

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