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Digitalis lanata Ehrh.


Botanical Name	:	Digitalis lanata Ehrh.
English Name	:	Woolly Foxglove, Grecian Foxglove
Family	:	Plantaginaceae

General Info

Description

An evergreen biennial/perennial grows up to three to six feet high, with ovate to lance-shaped, soft-hairy, toothed, leaves up to one foot long in a basal rosette. The purple to white, spotted, thimble-shaped flowers are 1.25 inches long, in spikes.

Herb Effects

Strongly diuretic.

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Chemistry

Active Ingredients

Acetyl choline, choline, cycloartenol, digitoxin, digoxin, luteolin, scutellarein (leaf); campesterol (plant); lanatoside-A, lanatoside-B, lanatoside-C (leaf, seed)

Chemistry of Active Ingredients

Name

CAS#

IUPAC Name

Formula

Structure

Choline

67-48-1

2-hydroxyethyl-trime
thyl-ammonium

C₅H₁₄NO+

Cycloartenol

Not Available

C₃₀H₅₀O

Digitoxin

82476-56-0

4-[3-[5-[5-(4,5-dihy
droxy-6-methyl-oxan-
2-yl)oxy-4-hydroxy-6
-methyl-ox an-2-yl]
oxy-4-hydroxy-6-meth
yl-oxan-2-yl]oxy-14-
hydroxy-10,13-dimeth
yl -1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
,9,11,12,15,16,17-te
tradecahydrocyclopen
ta[a]phenanthr en-1
7-yl]-5H-furan-2-one

C₄₁H₆₄O₁₃

Digoxin

82476-60-6

4-[(3S,5R,8R,9S,10S,
12R,13S,14S)-3-[(2S,
4S,5R,6R)-5-[(2S,4S,
5R,6R)-5-[ (2S,4S,5
R,6R)-4,5-dihydroxy-
6-methyl-oxan-2-yl]o
xy-4-hydroxy-6-methy
l- oxan-2-yl]oxy-4-
hydroxy-6-methyl-oxa
n-2-yl]oxy-12,14-dih
ydroxy-10,13-d imet
hyl-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,
9,11,12,15,16,17-tet
radecahydrocyclopent
a[a]ph enanthren-17
-yl]-5H-furan-2-one

C₄₁H₆₄O₁₄

Luteolin

Not Available

2-(3,4-dihydroxyphen
yl)-4,5-dihydroxy-ch
romen-7-one

C₁₅H₁₀O₆

Scutellarein

Not Available

5,6,7-trihydroxy-2-(
4-hydroxyphenyl)chro
men-4-one

C₁₅H₁₀O₆

Campesterol

474-62-4

17-(5,6-dimethylhept
an-2-yl)-10,13-dimet
hyl-2,3,4,7,8,9,11,1
2,14,15,16 ,17-dode
cahydro-1H-cyclopent
a[a]phenanthren-3-ol

C₂₈H₄₈O

Pharmacology

Medicinal Use

To treat dropsy, asthma, edema or palpitations, has a profound tonic effect upon a diseased heart, enabling the heart to beat more slowly, powerfully and regularly without requiring more oxygen, stimulates the flow of urine which lowers the volume of the blood and lessens the load on the heart

Contraindication

Can cause vomiting, diarrhea, bradycardia, atrioventricular heart block, confusion, and visual disturbances.

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