Medical Definition of Bufanolide

1. The fundamental steroid lactone of several vegetable (e.g., squill) and animal (e.g., toad) venoms or toxins; also found in the form of glycosides in plants (e.g., digitalis). The steroid is essentially a 5b-androstane, with a 14b H. The lactone at C-17 is structurally related to the -CH(CH3)CH2CH2CH3 radical attached to C-17 in the cholanes, and is in the same configuration as that of cholesterol (i.e., 20R); in some species, bufanolide is formed from cholesterol. Various bufanolide derivatives having unsaturation in the lactone ring (20,22) or elsewhere are known as (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bufanolide

buds
budworm
budworms
bud brush
bud fission
bud sagebrush
bud stage
Buena Vista
Buenos Aires
Buerger's disease
bufa-
bufadienolide
bufadienolides (two double bonds)
bufagenins
bufagins
bufanolide (current term)
bufanolides
bufatrienolide
bufenolide
bufenolides (one double bond)
bufexamac
buff
buff
buffa
buffable
buffalo
buffalo
buffaloberries
buffaloberry
buffaloed

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