Anthraquinone
Drug ingredientAmerica imports all of this drug ingredient. EPA records show zero U.S. production.
US ProductionZero
Import Value$123M
Import Volume15.1M lbs
Import Dependency100%
Top SourceMexico 38%
Anthraquinone · US import value by year
Where It Comes From
Customs basis: HS 291461, 380899 · exact
Source Countries
Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2023).
MX 38%MexicoCN 20%ChinaDE 7%GermanyGB 6%United KingdomCA 6%Canada
- Israel
- Denmark
- Poland
- Netherlands
- Hungary
- Brazil
- Switzerland
- Malaysia
- Turkey
- Sweden
- Colombia
- Singapore
- Australia
EPA-registered importers (3)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Sojitz · JP Japan
Chemical Products
Sojitz Corporation Of America
3 FDA-registered drug labelers
Deseret Biologicals, Inc.
Nutritional Specialties, Inc.
Professional Complementary Health Formulas
Why It Matters
Sectors
HealthPaper & Printing
Downstream Uses
Appears in 3 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).
- •Bio Cytotox Phase
- •Cellular Oxygenator Drops 2095
- •Cellular Oxygenator
FDA Shortage Status
Whether any manufacturer currently reports this drug as in shortage on the FDA Drug Shortages database. "Active Shortage" means at least one presentation has status "current."
No FDA shortage records
Industrial Uses
Used in 1 sector as 1 functional role.
- •Oxidizing/reducing agents in Paper Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
Chemical Identity
CAS84-65-1
PubChem CID6780
DTXSIDDTXSID3020095
FormulaC14H8O2
Mol. Weight208.21 g/mol
SMILESC1=CC=C2C(=C1)C(=O)C3=CC=CC=C3C2=O
Data Sources
DTXSID30200952026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
67802026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/6780/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/6780.json
84-65-12026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 84-65-12026-04-07
https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/
Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json