cardiac glycosides

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Curare
... first suffers convulsions of all voluntary muscles, twitching, followed by tetanus, violent changes in blood pressure, and spasmodic respiration. In Africa arrow poisons are made from plants that have cardiac glycosides, and one famous genus containing these compounds is Acokanthera (Family Apocynaceae). The principal chemical is ouabain--0.002 grams of ouabain is a lethal dose for an adult human. ...
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THE LIVESAVING FOXGLOVE
... standard, some crystals of a substance from another plant, Strophanthus gratus. The active chemical in foxglove, which is isolated from the leaves, is a steroid glycoside called digitoxin, but there are at least thirty other cardiac glycosides, of which five are important. Digitoxin is a stimulant that improves heart tone and rhythm, which then improves circulation ...
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Floridata: Digitalis purpurea
... important heart drug, digitalis. Originally called "folkesglove" (glove of little folks or fairies), in Olde England, today foxglove is grown commercially for the leaves which yield powerful cardiac glycosides that strengthen and regulate heartbeat. Extreme caution must be used in administering digitalis since the lethal dose is only slightly stronger than the therapeutic dose. There are about ...
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Butterfly Milkweed
... Extracts from the roots of Butterfly Milkweed have been shown to be active against tuberculosis cultures. The identified active compounds in milkweeds include a potent class of chemicals known as cardiac glycosides. It is these chemicals that are utilized by Monarch butterfly caterpillars for their own protection. As they eat milkweed they store the cardiac glycosides in their exoskeleton, making ...
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Database File for: Cancerillo - Asclepias curassavica
... of the plants in this genus. However, many species in the family are poisonous and contain cardiac glysosides; the toxicity of which may cause death in livestock or humans. In the milkweed family ... . Symptoms appear within a few hours of ingestion of a toxic dose Cancerillo also contains cardiac glycosides, which affect human's and animal's heartbeat. Other compounds found in cancerillo include alpha ...
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Apocynaceae
... are stem succulents with vestigal or no leaves. In many cases the sap is milky and may contain toxic alkaloids or glycosides. Some of these compounds are used in conventional or traditional medicine e.g. quinine, vincristine, cardiac glycosides. Asclepias tuberosum is a traditional treatment for pleurisy. The latex from the sap of a few species has been used ...
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digitals
... in other words a steroid which has the ability to exert a specific and powerful action on the cardiac muscle in animals, and has been used in the treatment of heart conditions ever since its discovery in ... are evergreen were happy. This species is the source of a cardiac drug called Lanatacide and like all other species of Foxgloves- produces other glycosides. Zones 4-9. or 7-9? (I could use some ...
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Medical Alkaloid Photos
... Be Used To Fund The Palomar College Arboretum Wayne's Word Index Noteworthy Plants Trivia Lemnaceae Biology 101 Botany Search Economic Plant Photographs #23 Medical Glycosides, Terpenes & Alkaloids Digitalis, Strophanthus, Periwinkle, Rauvolfia, Oleander, Cerbera, Colchicum, Curare, Absinthe and Brunfelsia. Snapdragon Family (Scrophulariaceae) Foxglove or digitalis (Digitalis purpurea) in full ...
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Soap Lilies In California
... zygadenine. Chemistry Saponins are a group of glucosides found in several plant species and are characterized by their soap-like property of foaming in a water solution. Glucosides (or glycosides) are plant compounds containing glucose (or another sugar) combined with other non-sugar molecules. Upon hydrolysis saponin glycosides yield a triterpenoid or steroid sapogenin and one or more sugars, ...
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Oleander, Nerium oleander
... on variety, and are a bright green. All parts of the plant are extremely poisonous, inasmuch as the milky juice contains glycosides that may affect the function of the heart; ingestion of but a single leaf can be fatal. Characteristic symptoms include nausea; vomiting; accelerated or retarded heartbeat; and cardiac arrest. The poisonous properties of the ...
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