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The Collaborative International Dictionary
digitalin \dig"i*ta`lin\, n. [Cf. F. digitaline.]
(Medicine, Pharmacy) Any one of several extracts of foxglove ( Digitalis), as the ``French extract,'' the ``German extract,'' etc., which differ among themselves in composition and properties. Both Digitalis lanata and Digitalis purpurea have been used to prepare such extracts.
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(Chem.) the distinctive chemical substance, a steroid glycoside, which is the essential ingredient of the extracts of foxglove. It is a white, crystalline substance ( C36H56O14), and is a 3-substituted diglucoside of a steroid. It is a powerful cardiac stimulant and is used as a cardiotonic for treatment of certain heart conditions, such as congestive heart failure. Chemically it is
(3[beta],5[beta],16[beta])-3-[6-Deoxy-4-O-[beta]-D-glucopyranosyl-3-O-methyl-[beta]-D-galactopyranosyl)oxy]-14,16-dihyroxy-card-20 (22)-enolide. The related compounds digitoxin and digoxin are also extracted from the foxglove. The class of steroid glycosides having cardiotonic properties are refered to as the cardiac glycosides.
--MI11Syn: digitalinum verum, Diginorgin, Schmiedeberg's digitalin, digitalis, digitalis glycoside. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Wiktionary
n. Any of a mixture of glycosides, extracted from the foxglove plant, that is used as a cardiotonic
WordNet
n. a powerful cardiac stimulant obtained from foxglove [syn: digitalis, digitalis glycoside]
Usage examples of "digitalin".
Then I picked up a torn prescription with a very strong dose of digitalin in it.
The latter were filled with a small amount of digitalin, which was not enough to cause any problems, and a massive amount of atropine.
I know his pills, in the cardboard box, contained some digitalin for his shortness of breath.
The minutest trace of digitalin moistened with sulphuric and treated with bromine vapour gives a rose colour, turning to mauve.
Ricin is one of the potentially lethal vegetable alkaloids like taxine and digitalin.