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Chemical DIGITOXIN

Chemical ID
DIGITOXIN
Ubiquitous
No
List of known dosages
Dosage Reference
LD50=0.1-23.8 (orl rat) Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006., CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
LD50=0.18 (orl cat) Merck 11th Edition
LD50=60-100 (orl gpg) Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006., Merck 11th Edition
LD50=32.7 (orl mus) Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
LD50=0.4 (ivn cat)
List of chemical activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Dosage Reference
Antidote #NAME? Martindale's 29th
Antiedemic not available Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor not available Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral not available Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Cardiotonic 4 orl rat Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Stimulant not available Duke, 1992 *
List of chemical plants.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Plant Name Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
Digitalis lanata Leaf 50.0 200.0 -1.0 Duke, 1992 *
Digitalis purpurea Leaf 20.0 3000.0 1.0 Duke, 1992 *