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What does digitoxin mean?

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Noun
  1. (organic chemistry) A toxic cardiac glycoside, obtained from digitalis, related to cardenolide.
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Although digitoxin is used widely in Europe, the cardiac glycoside digoxin is widely used in the United States.
The two compounds most often used therapeutically are digoxin and digitoxin.
The benzene dissolves digitalein, and the chloroform, digitalin and digitoxin.
Digitalin and digitoxin are par excellence the poisonous principles of the plant.
Digoxin and digitoxin are commonly prescribed to increase the strength of heart contraction.
Serum digoxin or digitoxin concentration should be obtained before DIGIBIND® administration, if at all possible.

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