gitalin

American

[jit-uh-lin, ji-tey-, ji-tal-in] / ˈdʒɪt ə lɪn, dʒɪˈteɪ-, dʒɪˈtæl ɪn /

noun

Pharmacology.

a mixture of glycosides from Digitalis purpurea, used chiefly in the management of congestive heart failure.

Etymology

Origin of gitalin

(di)gital(is) + -in ¹

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Gitonin, C49H80O23, containing 3 molecules of galactose, one of a pentose sugar, and one of gitogenin; and gitalin, C28H48O10, containing digitoxose and gitaligenin, have also been isolated from digitalis extracts.

From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred

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