A member of the class of hydroxyanthraquinones that is 9,10-anthraquinone which is substituted by hydroxy groups at positions 1, 3, and 8 and by a methyl group at position 6. It is present in the roots and barks of numerous plants (particularly rhubarb and buckthorn), moulds, and lichens. It is an active ingredient of various Chinese herbs. (Chemical Entities of Biological Interest Ontology, CHEBI_42223)
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17 genes co-occuring with the biological term emodin in literature-supported statements describing functions of genes from the GeneRIF Biological Term Annotations dataset.