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Foxglove vs Digoxygenin - What's the difference?

foxglove | digoxygenin |

As nouns the difference between foxglove and digoxygenin

is that foxglove is (plant) digitalis , a genus of about 20 species of herbaceous biennials native to the old world, certain of which are prized for their showy flowers the drug digitalis or digoxin was first isolated from the plant while digoxygenin is (organic compound|medicine) the steroid aglycon of digoxin, obtained from foxgloves, used to label dna and rna probes.

foxglove

English

(wikipedia foxglove)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (plant) Digitalis , a genus of about 20 species of herbaceous biennials native to the Old World, certain of which are prized for their showy flowers. The drug digitalis or digoxin was first isolated from the plant.

    • Derived terms

    * (common foxglove) * (big-flowered) * (purple foxglove) * (yellow foxglove) * (false foxglove) * (Chinese foxglove) * (rusty foxglove) * (wild foxglove)

    digoxygenin

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (organic compound, medicine) The steroid aglycon of digoxin, obtained from foxgloves, used to label DNA and RNA probes