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Digitoxin

A cardiac glycoside obtained from the purple foxglove (Digitalis purpurea), first prepared in pure form in 1875 by Oswald Schmiedeberg; it is used in heart failure, especially in people with impaired kidney function, and in some arrhythmias such as atrial fibrillation. This family brings together the active ingredient, labelled standards and other impurities.

Did you know?It stays in the body for a very long time: its half-life is 7 to 8 days. As early as 1785, English physician William Withering had described the plant's medical uses in his famous treatise on the foxglove.

DigitoxinGo to the active ingredient →
DigitoxinActive ingredientDigitoxinCat. No. P-D116-001CAS 71-63-6
DigitalinImpurityDigitalinCat. No. P-D116-003CAS 752-61-4
GitoxinImpurityGitoxinCat. No. P-D116-007CAS 4562-36-1

EDQM standards 3

The official European Pharmacopoeia standards for this family.

Reference substanceDigitoxin CRSEDQM code D1800000Family Digitoxin
Reference substanceGitoxin CRSEDQM code G0300000Family Digitoxin

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