- a white, crystalline, water-insoluble cardiac glycoside, C41H64O13, or a mixture of cardiac glycosides of which this is the chief constituent, obtained from digitalis and used in the treatment of congestive heart failure.
- a white toxic bitter-tasting glycoside, extracted from the leaves of the purple foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) and used in the treatment of heart failure and some abnormal heart rhythms. Formula: C 41 H 64 O 13
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