digitalis purpurea/antimykotikum

Since William Withering's report on the foxglove in 1785, digitalis, in 1 form or another, has remained a mainstay in the treatment of congestive heart failure and as a means of rate control in atrial fibrillation. Recently, with the introduction of potent diuretics and other agents for the

Bitter pill to swallow: a case of accidental poisoning with digitalis purpurea.

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While digitoxicity secondary to therapeutic use is frequent, due to its distinctive appearance and unpleasant taste accidental ingestion of digitalis purpurea (foxglove) is uncommon. This report relates the case of two previously healthy individuals who inadvertently consumed significant quantities

It could have happened to Van Gogh: a case of fatal purple foxglove poisoning and review of the literature.

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Although death owing to the toxic effects of the therapeutic Digitalis lanata extract, digoxin has been reported, there are no reported cases of fatal Digitalis purpurea (digitoxin) plant intoxication in humans in the literature. We describe a case of ingestion of Digitalis purpurea in a 64-year-old

Antifungal activity in seed coat extracts of woodland plants.

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Aqueous extracts from seeds of four woodland ground flora species (Hyacinthoides non-scripta, Allium ursinum, Digitalis purpurea and Hypericum pulchrum) were tested for antifungal activity using a petriplate technique. Four species of fungi were investigated. The growth of three of these

Therapeutic and toxic effects of digitalis: William Withering, 1785.

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William Withering's classic description of the effects of digitalis was published in 1785. Although he was largely unaware of the drug's cardiac effects, he successfully treated many patients with congestive heart failure. He also recorded many striking examples of digitalis toxicity. This review

Researching nature's venoms and poisons.

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Our environment hosts a vast diversity of venomous and poisonous animals and plants. Clinical toxinology is devoted to understanding, preventing and treating their effects in humans and domestic animals. In Sri Lanka, yellow oleander (Thevetia peruviana, Sinhala 'kaneru'), a widespread and

Sex, digitalis, and the sodium pump.

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Foxglove and its constituents therapeutic agent digitalis have been used for centuries for the treatment of heart failure. All digitalis-like cardiotonic steroids enhance heart contraction through a mechanism involving the inhibition of the Na(+),K(+)- ATPase. Recently, Rathore and colleagues

Digoxin overdose: clinical features and managementVanessa Bara discusses the risk factors, antidotal therapy, and management of digoxin toxicity.

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Digoxin is a digitalis glycoside extracted front the leaves of the plant Digitalis Lanata. more commonly known as Grecian foxglove. The digitalis glycosides are present in many plants including Digitalis purpura (foxglove), Nerium oleander (oleander) and Convallaria majalis (lily-of-the-valley).

Cardioactive Steroid Toxicity

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Cardioactive steroids (CAS) are medically important compounds historically used for conditions like edema and "dropsy." There is literature from the 17th century regarding their therapeutic effects. They are available in several plants including oleander, foxglove, lily of the valley, red squill,

Rapid detection of convallatoxin using five digoxin immunoassays.

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BACKGROUND Cardiac glycosides of plant origin are implicated in toxic ingestions that may result in hospitalization and are potentially lethal. The utility of commonly available digoxin serum assays for detecting foxglove and oleander ingestion has been demonstrated, but no studies have evaluated

Digitalis: is there a future for this classical ethnopharmacological remedy?

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Withering's (1741-1799) greatest merit is not so much that of having discovered the therapeutic value of foxglove in hydropsy, since this indication (among others) was already part of traditional medicine, but actually during a decade of carefully recording clinical observations, he authoritatively

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