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strophanthin K

under Strophanthins
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More on Strophanthins Definition: A number of different cardioactive glycosides obtained from Strophanthus species. OUABAIN is from S. gratus and CYMARINE from S. kombe. They are used like the digitalis glycosides.  cardiac glycosides    Other names Strophanthin
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSourceDrugs*
strophanthin K [ K-strophanthin,K-strophantin ]
  induces arrhythmias; see also K-strophanthin-beta 		11005-63-3   *Strophanthins
Pharma Action Cardiotonic Agents 		Biull Eksp Biol Med 1981;91(1):35

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