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Polygonum multiflorum Root Powder

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2025-11-24
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0.2

Polygonum multiflorum Root Powder

 


DEFINITION

The article consists of the dried root of Polygonum multiflorum Thunb. with the currently accepted Latin name Reynoutria multiflora (Thunb.) Moldenke (Family Polygonaceae)1, collected in autumn or winter, reduced to a fine or very fine powder. 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