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| | eMedicine - Plant Poisoning, Glycosides - Cardiac : Article Excerpt by: Raffi Kapitanyan, MD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) |
 | | Background: Cardiac glycosides are found in a diverse group of plants including Digitalis purpurea and Digitalis lanata (foxgloves), Nerium oleander (common oleander), Thevetia peruviana (yellow oleander), Convallaria majalis (lily of the valley), Urginea maritima and Urginea indica (squill), Strophanthus gratus (ouabain), Apocynum cannabimum (dogbane), and Cheiranthus cheiri (wallflower). |
 | | Toxicity from herbal cardiac glycosides was well recognized by 1785, when William Withering published his classic work describing therapeutic uses and toxicity of foxglove, D purpurea. |
 | | Therapeutic use of herbal cardiac glycosides continues to be a source of toxicity today. |
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