Fagopyrin
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Fagopyrin is a naturally occurring substance in the buckwheat
plant.
Its chemical structure contains a naphthodianthrone skeleton similar that of to hypericin
.
Buckwheat
Buckwheat refers to a variety of plants in the dicot family Polygonaceae: the Eurasian genus Fagopyrum, the North American genus Eriogonum, and the Northern Hemisphere genus Fallopia. Either of the latter two may be referred to as "wild buckwheat"...
plant.
Its chemical structure contains a naphthodianthrone skeleton similar that of to hypericin
Hypericin
Hypericin is a naphthodianthrone, a red-colored anthraquinone-derivative, which, together with hyperforin, is one of the principal active constituents of Hypericum . Hypericin is believed to act as an antibiotic and non-specific kinase inhibitor...
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