cardenolide

English

Noun

cardenolide (plural cardenolides)

1. (organic chemistry) Any of many steroid lactones present in plants as glycosides; they are all toxic, affecting the heart

See also

• acetyldigitoxin
• acetyldigoxin
• cymarine
• digitoxigenin
• digitoxin
• digoxigenin
• digoxin
• medigoxin
• ouabain
• strophanthidin
• strophanthin