Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
la·nat·o·side Pronunciation:
l&-'nat-&-"sId Function:
noun : any of three poisonous crystalline cardiac steroidglycosides occurring in the leaves of a foxglove (
Digitalis lanata):
a : the glycoside C
49H
76O
19 yielding digitoxin, glucose, and acetic acid onhydrolysis called also
digilanid A, lanatoside A b : the glycoside C
49H
76O
20 yielding gitoxin, glucose, and acetic acid on hydrolysiscalled also
digilanid B, lanatoside B c : the bitter glycoside C
49H
76O
20 yielding digoxin, glucose, and acetic acid on hydrolysis andused similarly to digitalis called also
digilanid C, lanatoside C
