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cardiac glycoside

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glycoside /gly·co·side/ (gli´ko-sīd) any compound containing a carbohydrate molecule (sugar), particularly any such natural product in plants, convertible, by hydrolytic cleavage, into a sugar and a nonsugar component (aglycone), and named specifically for the sugar contained, as glucoside (glucose), pentoside (pentose), fructoside (fructose), etc.
cardiac glycoside  any of a group of glycosides occurring in certain plants (e.g., Digitalis, Strophanthus, Urginea ), acting on the contractile force of cardiac muscle; some are used as cardiotonics and antiarrhythmics.
digitalis glycoside  any of a number of cardiotonic and antiarrhythmic glycosides derived from Digitalis purpurea and D. lanata, or any drug chemically and pharmacologically related to these glycosides.

cardiac glycoside
n.
Any of several glycosides obtained chiefly from plant sources such as the foxglove, used medicinally to increase the force of contraction of heart muscle and to regulate heartbeats.

glycoside [gli´ko-sīd]
any compound containing a carbohydrate molecule (sugar), particularly any such natural product in plants, convertible, by hydrolytic cleavage, into a sugar and a nonsugar component (aglycone), and named specifically for the sugar contained, such as fructoside (fructose), glucoside (glucose), or pentoside (pentose).
cardiac glycoside any of a group of glycosides occurring in certain plants (Digitalis, etc.), having a characteristic action on the contractile force of the heart muscle.

glycoside
any compound containing a carbohydrate moiety (sugar), particularly any such natural product in plants, convertible, by hydrolytic cleavage, into a sugar and a nonsugar component (aglycone), and named specifically after the sugar contained, as glucoside (glucose), pentoside (pentose), fructoside (fructose), etc.

cardiac glycoside
any one of a group of glycosides occurring in certain plants (e.g. Digitalis) having a characteristic action on the contractile force of the heart muscle. See also cardenolide, bufadienolide.

cardiac glycoside
Pharmacology A drug that blocks the Na+/K+ pump


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