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Destructive effect of digitalis overdose on blood-brain barrier in rats; an experimental study [PDF]
Introduction: Cardiac glycosides are widely used in critical cardiac diseases despite their unexplained mechanisms on cardio-respiratory system and other autonomic complications within both intra-uterine and post-natal life.
Mehmet Nuri Kocak +5 more
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Identification of key genes involved in secondary metabolite biosynthesis in Digitalis purpurea
The medicinal plant Digitalis purpurea produces cardiac glycosides that are useful in the pharmaceutical industry. These bioactive compounds are in high demand due to ethnobotany’s application to therapeutic procedures.
Fatemeh Amiri +3 more
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Cardiac glycosides, steroid derivatives extracted from the foxglove plants, have been used for the treatment of heart failure since the 18th century. A method based on liquid chromatography coupled with high-resolution tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS2 ...
Baradwaj Gopal Ravi +3 more
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Plant Toxins: Poison or Therapeutic?
Many plants that are classed as poisonous also have therapeutic uses, and this is illustrated using members of the Drimia and Digitalis genera which are sources of cardiac glycosides.
Catherine E. Housecroft
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Studies on Digitalis Glycosides
Daisuke Satoh, Takayuki Wada
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Natural cardiac glycosides have positive inotropic heart effects but at high, toxic doses they can cause life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias. Here we present the first Croatian case of a 16-year-old girl who attempted suicide by eating dried oleander ...
Kovačević Tanja +6 more
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Comprehensive analysis of alternative splicing in Digitalis purpurea by strand-specific RNA-Seq. [PDF]
Digitalis purpurea (D. purpurea) is one of the most important medicinal plants and is well known in the treatment of heart failure because of the cardiac glycosides that are its main active compounds. However, in the absence of strand specific sequencing
Bin Wu +3 more
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Catheter Ablation Is Associated With a Decrease in Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events and All-Cause Mortality in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation and Obstructive Sleep Apnea. [PDF]
ABSTRACT Introduction Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common risk factor for the development and progression of atrial fibrillation (AF). Whether catheter ablation for AF management in patients with coexisting OSA yields survival benefit remains unclear.
Bidaoui G +16 more
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Cardiac glycosides and breast cancer risk: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies [PDF]
Cardiac glycosides are phytoestrogens and have been linked to the risk of estrogen sensitive cancers such as uterus cancer. However, the association between use of cardiac glycosides and risk of breast cancer remains unclear.
Ahern +26 more
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Digitalis for treatment of heart failure in patients in sinus rhythm [PDF]
<b>Background</b><p></p> Digitalis glycosides have been in clinical use for the treatment of heart failure (HF) for longer than 200 years.
Dans, Antonio L +4 more
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