…The English physician William Withering, who learned that an old woman was using a family remedy made from more than 20 kinds of herbs to treat edema, discovered that the active ingredient was digitalis and introduced it as a diuretic in 1775. The chemical structure of the active ingredient in digitalis leaves has now been clarified, and it is known that it contains cardiac glycosides called digitoxin and gitoxin as active ingredients. Although not correct, the term digitalis is sometimes used as a general term for cardiac stimulants or cardiac glycosides. … *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "gitoxin" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…イギリスの医師ウィザリングWilliam Witheringは,ある老婆が20種以上の薬草から成る家伝の秘薬を水腫の治療に用いていることを知り,その有効成分がジギタリスであることをつきとめ,利尿薬として紹介したのが1775年であった。現在では,ジギタリス葉中の有効成分の化学構造も明らかにされており,ジギトキシンdigitoxinやギトキシンgitoxinという強心配糖体が有効成分として含まれていることがわかっている。正しくはないが,強心薬または強心配糖体の総称としてジギタリスの語を用いることがある。… ※「gitoxin」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。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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