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Definition of Digitalin

1. Noun. A powerful cardiac stimulant obtained from foxglove.

Definition of Digitalin

1. n. Any one of several extracts of foxglove (Digitalis), as the "French extract," the "German extract," etc., which differ among themselves in composition and properties.

Definition of Digitalin

1. Noun. Any of a mixture of glycosides, extracted from the foxglove plant, that is used as a cardiotonic ¹

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Definition of Digitalin

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Digitalin

1. C36H56O14;a standardised mixture of digitalis glycosides used as a cardiotonic. (05 Mar 2000)

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Literary usage of Digitalin

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1. American Druggist (1887)
"The aqueous preparations will naturally contain the bulk of the digitalein and portion of the more difficultly soluble digitalin. The digitoxin, however ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1907)
"It must be remembered that digitalin is diuretic only when oedema is present. The drug is not dangerous when properly employed, its action is lasting and ..."

3. Manual of Qualitative Chemical Analysis by C. Remigius Fresenius (1897)
"digitalin.* 1. The preparations occurring in commerce under the name ... The constituents are present in the digitalin of commerce in * In regard to the ..."

4. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1864)
"It is precipitated from its aqueous solution as modified digitalin (see below) by weak acids, slowly at mean temperatures, ..."

5. Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Proximate by Alfred Henry Allen (1896)
"Digitoxin does not give the colour-reaction of digitalin with strong sulphuric acid. Warmed with strong hydrochloric acid, it gives a yellow or greenish ..."

6. Poisons: their effects and detection by Alexander Wynter Blyth (1895)
"Sulphuric and gallic acids colour the glucosides of digitalin, digitalein, ... Sulphuric acid and bromine give with digitalin a red, and with digitalem a ..."

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