- pseudostrophanthin
- pseu·do·stro·phan·thin (soo″do-stro-fanґthin) a poisonous glycoside from the African shrub Strophanthus hispidus.
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pseudostrophanthin
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Strophanthus — A genus of vines of east Africa (family Apocynaceae); the dried ripe seeds of S. kombé or S. hispidus contain the cardiac glycoside strophanthin and were used as an arrow poison; the seeds of S. gratus are the botanical source of ouabain. [G.… … Medical dictionary
