Proscillaridin
Chemical compound
Proscillaridin is a cardiac glycoside, a type of compound with strong and usually toxic effects on heart muscle, with occasional medical applications - although Proscillaridin has no known medical applications. 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.
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- Proscillaridin structure.svg by Yikrazuul (talk), Public domain
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