CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE Definition & Meaning

cardiac glycoside

or cardiac glucoside

noun

Pharmacology.

any of a group of drugs used to stimulate the heart in cases of heart failure, obtained from a number of plants, as the foxglove, squill, or yellow oleander.

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When the flies with the gene developed into adults, their bodies carried low levels of cardiac glycoside, useful as a defense against predation.

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Another critic suggested that it could be possible to find a drug that acts with the cardiac glycoside, enhancing its anticancer activity at safer doses.

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cardiac glycoside

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