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Sunday, August 08, 2004In addition to foxglove, several other plant and herbal sources of cardiac glycosides may be detected by serum immunoassays for digoxin or digitoxin (as in this case), including woolly foxglove (Digitalis lanata), ornamental oleander (Nerium oleander), yellow oleander (Thevetia peruviana), squill or sea onion (Urginea maritima), lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis), and ouabain (Strophanthus gratus). Another source of cardiac glycosides is venom extracted from skin glands in certain species of toads (Bufo marinus and Bufo alvarius). This compound has turned up in some aphrodisiacs and Chinese medications (e.g., chan su). Ingestion may cause symptoms and clinical findings similar to those of digitalis overdose, and deaths have been reported. They may be natural, but they're still poisonous. ADDENDUM: More garden medicine here. posted by Sydney on 8/08/2004 07:45:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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