Bioactivity | Physcion (Parietin) is an anthraquinone isolated from traditional Chinese medicine Radix et Rhizoma Rhei, acts as an inhibitor of 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, with an IC50 and a Kd of 38.5 μM and 26.0 μM, respectively[1][2]. Physcion (Parietin) exhibits laxative, hepatoprotective, anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial, anti-proliferative and anti-tumor effects[2]. | ||||||||||||
Name | Physcion | ||||||||||||
CAS | 521-61-9 | ||||||||||||
Formula | C16H12O5 | ||||||||||||
Molar Mass | 284.26 | ||||||||||||
Transport | Room temperature in continental US; may vary elsewhere. | ||||||||||||
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