The Use of Response Surface Methodology to Optimize the Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction of Five Anthraquinones from Rheum palmatum L.

In this paper, ultrasound-assisted extraction (UAE) was applied to the extraction of anthraquinones (aloe-emodin, rhein, emodin, chrysophanol and physcion) from Rheum palmatum L. The five anthraquinones were quantified and analyzed by high performance liquid chromatography coupled with UV detection...

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Main Authors: Xianghua Xia, Geng-Liang Yang, Xin Deng, Kun-Mu Cheng, Wei Li, Jian Liang, Li-Chun Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2011-07-01
Series:Molecules
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/16/7/5928/