The application relates to the technical field of
kidney treatment, and particularly discloses a method for extracting
emodin and application of the
emodin in renal
ischemia-
reperfusion injury. The method comprises the following steps: S1, crushing
traditional Chinese medicine rhubarb raw materials to obtain
traditional Chinese medicine rhubarb powder; S2, mixing the
traditional Chinese medicine rhubarb powder with
ethanol and performing ultrasonic treatment to obtain a primary extraction solution; S3, adding
cellulase to the primary extraction solution to obtain an enzymatic solution; S4, performing supercritical CO2 extraction on the enzymatic solution, and collecting an extraction phase; S5, adding
ethyl acetate to the extraction phase for extraction, and then separating an organic phase; S6, crystallizing the organic phase, and filtering to obtain
emodin crude products; and S7, recrystallizing the emodin crude products with
methanol, and
drying to obtain finished products. The method for extracting emodin can be used for preparing medicines for treating
kidney diseases, in particular, renal
ischemia-
reperfusion injury, and has the advantages of high extraction efficiency, high product purity and a green and environment-friendly process.