Question

What is cardiac glycosides in pharmacognosy?

Answer 1

Cardenolide glycosides are employed in the case of heart insufficiency, which occurs as a consequence of aherosclerosis, hypertonia, asthma cardiale or problems with a cardiac valve (valvular or cardiac insufficiency

Answer 2

Pharmacology of Cardiac Glycosides. The longer calcium stays in a cell, the harder and longer the contraction will be. Cardiac glycosides decrease the heart's ability to pump calcium out of the cardiac cell so we get increased contractility of the heart. This is known as an increased inotropic effect.

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