rufigallol

Rufigallol is one of the earliest systems reported to form columnar mesophases. Rufigallol is also an oxidant agent. Rufigallol acts in a pro-oxidant fashion to produce oxygen radicals inside parasitized erythrocytes. Rufigallol has vitamin K activity and antimalarial activity[1].

ChEBI: Rufigallol is a hexahydroxyanthraquinone.

[1] Kumar, Sandeep (2008). Rufigallol-based self-assembled supramolecular architectures. Phase Transitions, 81(1), 113–128.