strophanthin in English
noun
1
a poisonous substance of the glycoside class, obtained from certain African trees and used as a heart stimulant.
Strophanthus gratus contains the cardiac glycoside [gamma] strophanthin and the alkaloid inoeine.
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1. The following causes of death had been chosen: electric current, Strophanthin, ethers, pneumothorax, cerebral anoxia, E 605.
2. In contrast, the aglycone k-Strophanthidin enters the brain less readily than the glycosides k-Strophanthin γ and α.
3. Depressant effects predominated, but the aglycone Digitoxigenin and in mice also the glycosides k-Strophanthin γ and α had convulsant actions.