PMID: 22556734Oct 1, 1995Paper

Some distinguishing features of a few strophanthus species.

Ancient Science of Life
VikaramadityaP N Varma

Abstract

Strophanthus (Family apocynaceae) contains glycosides which are comparable with cardiac glycosides of Digitalis but has less harmful physiological actions, S. kombe Oliver is officially used but some other species of this genus also contain glycosides and resemble the official one and thus often used as adulterants, This study shows distinguishing features of some strophanthus species.

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