Anthraquinones
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Compounds based on ANTHRACENES which contains two KETONES in any position. Substitutions can be in any position except on the ketone groups. |
Anthraquinones Categories.
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Carmine - Coloring matter from the insect Coccus cacti L. It is used in foods, pharmaceuticals, toiletries, etc., as a dye, and also has use as a microscopic stain and biological marker. |
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Cascara - Dried aged bark of a buckthorn, Frangula purshiana (FRANGULA), that contains the anthraquinone EMODIN and cascarosides. It is used as a laxative (CATHARTICS). |
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Mitoxantrone - An anthracenedione-derived antineoplastic agent. |
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