Cardiac steroids

Japanese: 強心ステロイド - きょうしんすてろいど
Cardiac steroids

...Inotropes that act directly on the myocardium include the following:
[Cardiac steroids]
It has long been known that herbal medicines such as the leaves of the Scrophulariaceae plant, the seeds of the Apocynaceae plant Strophanthus, and the sea leek ( Urginea maritima Baker) of the Liliaceae family have a cardiotonic effect. It is said that the leaves of digitalis as a cardiotonic drug were already listed in the London Pharmacopoeia in the 17th century, and Strophanthus was introduced during Livingstone's African exploration in 1860.

From [Heart Medicine]

…Typical examples include herbal medicines such as the leaves of the Scrophulariaceae plant Digitalis purpurea, the seeds of the Apocynaceae plant Strophanthus, and the Liliaceae plant Kaisou (sea leek), as well as the cardiac glycosides that are their active ingredients. All of these are glycosides with a steroid skeleton and are also called cardiac steroids. These include digitoxin, digoxin, and strophanthin. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "cardiac steroids" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…心筋に直接作用する強心薬には次のようなものがある。
[強心ステロイド]
 ゴマノハグサ科の植物であるジギタリスの葉,キョウチクトウ科の植物ストロファンツスの種子,ユリ科の植物カイソウ(海葱)Urginea maritima Bakerなどの生薬が強心作用を示すことは古くから知られていた。強心薬としてのジギタリス葉はすでに17世紀のロンドン薬局方に記載されていたといわれ,ストロファンッスは1860年のリビングストンのアフリカ探検で紹介された。…

【心臓薬】より

…代表的なものは,ゴマノハグサ科の植物ジギタリスの葉,キョウチクトウ科の植物ストロファンツスの種子,ユリ科の植物カイソウ(海葱)などの生薬,およびこれらの有効成分である強心配糖体である。いずれもステロイド骨格を有する配糖体で強心ステロイドとも呼ばれる。ジギトキシン,ジゴキシン,ストロファンチンなどである。…

※「強心ステロイド」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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