White foxglove

White foxglove leaves Digitalis latiata EHRH, Scrophulariaceae DAB iO, OAB 90. MD... 

Sources of these drugs include white and purple foxglove Digitalis lanata and D purpurea) and numerous other temperate zone and tropical plants. Certain toads have skin glands capable of elaborating bufadienolides, which differ only slightly from the cardenolides. 

Common foxgloves (Digitalis purpurea) are actually biennials that self-sow so well chat they function as perennials. Bell-like flowers in shades of purple, pink, and white cover... 

Foxglove is an erect biennial herb with simple toothed leaves and a central stalk of pink, purple, yellow, or white tubular, bell-shaped pendent flowers 3 in. long and numerous in number. This herb grows up to 4 ft high. Foxglove is a cultivated plant in the western United States and Hawaii it is native to Britain and Europe. It is found in open land, roadsides, waste areas, and is commonly grown in gardens. 

Miglit not the foxglove be ferviceable in hydrocephalus in-Jernus, in hydrocele, and in white fweUings of the joints ... 

Glycoside in seeds of DigiUUis purpurea, Linn., (foxglove). White cryst. Mp. 235° (sinters at 225°). SoL EtOH. Spar. sol. j O to soapy, opalescent sol. Prac. insol. GHUg. [ ]d M 3°in MeOH. Hyd.— digitogenin -f 2 mols. galactoee -4- 2 mols. glucose. Forma insol. comp, with cholesterol used fm estimation of the latter in oils. 

Secondary glycoside of Digitalis purpurea, Linn., (foxglove). White cryst. pow[Pg.810]

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