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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).[1]

The aglycone of proscillaridin is scillarenin.

References

  1. ^ Kedra M, Kedrowa S (May 1968). “[Clinical evaluation of Proscillaridin A, a glycoside of Scilla maritima]”. Polski Tygodnik Lekarski. 23 (19): 714–6. PMID 4876207.