Indicator, Reagent, or Diagnostic Aid
digitonin
Subclass of:
Digitalis Glycosides
Definitions related to digitonin:
  • A glycoside obtained from Digitalis purpurea; the aglycone is digitogenin which is bound to five sugars. Digitonin solubilizes lipids, especially in membranes and is used as a tool in cellular biochemistry, and reagent for precipitating cholesterol. It has no cardiac effects.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Steroid saponin (soapy glucoside) derived from digitalis, used as a cholesterol indicator (the complex precipitates).
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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