DEFINITION

The article consists of the dried leaf of Digitalis purpurea L. (Fam. Plantaginaceae). It may be reduced to powder or very fine powder. It contains NLT 0.3% of total cardenolides, calculated as digitoxin, on the dried basis.

SYNONYMS

None known

POTENTIAL CONFOUNDING MATERIALS

Digitalis lanata Ehrh.

SELECTED COMMON NAMES

Chinese: Mao di huang

English: Foxglove

Swedish: Fingerborgsblomma

CONSTITUENTS OF INTEREST

Cardenolides: Digitoxin, gitoxin...