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insects that are
adapted to
cardiotonic steroid toxins such as
cardenolides and bufadienolides.
Insects adapted to
cardiotonic steroids typically have a...
- A
cardiac stimulant is a drug
which acts as a
stimulant of the
heart – e.g., via
positive chronotropic action (increased
heart rate) and/or
inotropic action...
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Cardiotonic agents, also
known as
cardiac inotropes or stimulants, have a
positive impact on the
myocardium (muscular
layer of the heart) by enhancing...
- toxins. One well-characterized
example is the
evolution of
resistance to
cardiotonic steroids (CTSs) via
amino acid
substitutions at well-defined positions...
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contain cymarin.
Cymarin is a
cardiac glycoside and an anti-arrhythmia and
cardiotonic agent.
Tilford GL.
Edible and
Medicinal plants of the West. ISBN 0-87842-359-1...
- drugs.
Ivabradine has no
apparent inotropic properties and may be a
cardiotonic agent. It is used for the
symptomatic treatment of
chronic stable angina...
- predators, as they
contain the
steroid pyrones lucibu****ins,
similar to the
cardiotonic bufadienolides found in some
poisonous toads. All
fireflies glow as larvae...
- diarrhea, and to
increase lactation. The root has been used as a tonic,
cardiotonic, diap****tic, diuretic, an
emetic (to
induce vomiting), and an expectorant...
- (December 1993). "Pharmacokinetic
study of
loprinone hydrochloride, a new
cardiotonic agent, in
beagle dogs". The
Journal of
Pharmacy and Pharmacology. 45...
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Resibufogenin (RBG), also
known as bufogenin, is a
cardiotonic (cardiac stimulant)
steroid synthesized in the
venom glands of
certain toads, particularly...
