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Digitalis (/ ˌ d ɪ dʒ ɪ ˈ t eɪ l ɪ s / [3] or / ˌ d ɪ dʒ ɪ ˈ t æ l ɪ s / [4]) is a genus of about 20 species of herbaceous perennial plants, shrubs, and biennials, commonly called foxgloves. Digitalis is native to Europe, Western Asia, and northwestern Africa. The flowers are tubular in shape, produced on a tall spike, and vary in ...
Digitalis lanata: Digitalis or foxglove It came into use in treating cardiac disease in late 18th century England in spite of its high toxicity. a Its use has been almost entirely replaced by the pharmaceutical derivative Digoxin, which has a shorter half-life in the body, and whose toxicity is therefore more easily managed. [54]
Digoxin (better known as Digitalis), sold under the brand name Lanoxin among others, is a medication used to treat various heart conditions. [4] Most frequently it is used for atrial fibrillation , atrial flutter , and heart failure . [ 4 ]
Extracts from Camptotheca (the "happy tree" or "cancer tree") were used to develop the chemotherapeutic drug Topotecan. Plant sources of anti-cancer agents are plants, the derivatives of which have been shown to be usable for the treatment or prevention of cancer in humans. [1] [2]
Digitalis purpurea, the foxglove or common foxglove, is a toxic species of flowering plant in the plantain family Plantaginaceae, [2] native to and widespread throughout most of temperate Europe. [3] It has also naturalized in parts of North America, as well as some other temperate regions.
According to Cancer Research UK, "there is currently no strong evidence from studies in people that herbal remedies can treat, prevent or cure cancer". [ 8 ] Holistic medicine – a general term for an approach to medicine which encompasses mental and spiritual aspects, and which is manifested in sundry complementary and alternative methods.
Digitalis davisiana was first scientifically discovered and collected in 1947 by the British botanist Peter Hadland Davis, who was very active in describing the flora of Turkey, [7] Davis had actually first discovered the species growing on Şandras mountain in Muğla vilayet, Anatolia, in July, [8] but he collected it again a month later in the mountains north-east of the city of Alanya, in ...
Digitoxin is a cardiac glycoside used for the treatment of heart failure and certain kinds of heart arrhythmia.It is a phytosteroid and is similar in structure and effects to digoxin, though the effects are longer-lasting.