English Explanatory Dictionary

cardenolide

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any of many steroid lactones present in plants as glycosides; they are all toxic, affecting the heart

Word forms

cardenolide cardenolides

Related words

acetyldigitoxin acetyldigoxin cymarine digitoxigenin digitoxin digoxigenin digoxin medigoxin ouabain strophanthidin strophanthin

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