Polygonum multiflorum Root
Polygonum multiflorum Root
Proposed For Comment Version 1.0
Polygonum multiflorum Root
DEFINITION
The article consists of the dried root of Polygonum multiflorum Thunb., with the currently accepted Latin name Reynoutria multiflora (Thunb.) Moldenke (Fam. Polygonaceae)1, collected in autumn or winter. It contains NLT 1.5% of 2,3,5,4'-tetrahydroxystilbene-2-O-β-D-glucoside (C20H22O9) on the dried basis; NLT 0.10% of total anthraquinones, calculated as the sum of emodin-8-O-β-D-glucoside (C21H20O10), physcion-8-O-β-D-glucoside (C22H22O10), emodin (C15H10O5), and physcion (C16H12O5), on the dried basis; and NLT 0.07% of total...