scillaren

scillaren
A mixture of glycosides, possessing digitalis-like actions, present in squill.
- s. A a crystalline steroidal glycoside (Scilla maritima), present in squill that can be hydrolyzed to glucose and proscillaridin A; the latter can be hydrolyzed to rhamnose and the steroid aglycone scillaridin A; has the same actions and uses as digitalis glycosides. SYN: transvaalin.
- s. B an amorphous glycosidal fraction obtained from squill, consisting of at least seven cardioactive glycosides: glucoscillaren A, scillipheoside, glucoscillipheoside, scillicryptoside, scilliglaucoside, scillicyanoside, and scillazuroside.

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scil·la·ren (silґə-rən) a mixture of cardioactive glycosides, scillaren A and B, from fresh squill.

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