scilliroside

scilliroside
Glycoside from red squill, the red variety of Urginea maritima (family Liliaceae). Used as a rodenticide.

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scil·li·ro·side 'sil-ə-rə-.sīd n a crystalline steroid cardiac glucoside C32H44O12 obtained from red squill

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scil·lir·o·side (silґir-o-sīd) a cardiac glycoside that is the active principle in red squill (q.v.); in small amounts it causes convulsions and in larger amounts cardiac arrest.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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