bufagins
bu·fa·gins
, bufagenins (bū'fă-jinz, bū'fă-jen-inz), A group of steroids (bufanolides) in the venom of a family of toads (Bufonidae) having a digitalislike action on the heart; cardiac glycosides having a six-membered lactone.
See also:
bufotoxins.
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