Proscillaridin is a
cardiac glycoside, a kind of drug that can be used in the treatment of
congestive heart failure and
cardiac arrhythmia (irregular heartbeat). It is of the
bufanolide type and can be obtained from plants of the genus ''
Scilla'' and in ''
Drimia maritima'' (''Scilla maritima'').
The
aglycone of proscillaridin is
scillarenin.
References
Rhamnosides
Bufanolides
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