“…Aloe-emodin, an anthraquinone constituent in Aloe barbadensis MILLER, Rheum palmatum L., Cassia obtusifolia L. and C. angustifolia VAHL, etc. (Peng et al, 2014;Shia et al, 2009a;Wu et al, 2013;Xu et al, 2012), has shown a wide range of beneficial activities including anticancer Guo et al, 2007;Mulakayala et al, 2013), antivirus (Li et al, 2014), anti-inflammation Park et al, 2009) and antiangiogenesis (Cardenas et al, 2006). However, most of the bioactivities of aloe-emodin were demonstrated by in vitro studies.…”