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Digitoxin vs Digoxin - What's the difference?

digitoxin | digoxin |

As nouns the difference between digitoxin and digoxin

is that digitoxin is a toxic cardiac glycoside, obtained from digitalis, related to cardenolide while digoxin is a purified cardiac glycoside extracted from the foxglove plant, Digitalis lanata, widely used in the treatment of heart conditions such as atrial fibrillation.

digitoxin

English

Noun

(wikipedia digitoxin) (-)
  • (organic compound) A toxic cardiac glycoside, obtained from digitalis, related to cardenolide

    • digoxin

    English

    (wikipedia digoxin)

    Noun

  • A purified cardiac glycoside extracted from the foxglove plant, Digitalis lanata , widely used in the treatment of heart conditions such as atrial fibrillation.

    • Synonyms

    * digitalis