Molar mass 1,229.3 g/mol | ||
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Medical vocabulary what does digitonin mean
Digitonin is a steroidal saponin (saraponin) obtained from the foxglove plant Digitalis purpurea. Its aglycone is digitogenin, a spirostan steroid. It has been investigated as a detergent, as it effectively water-solubilizes lipids. As such, it has several potential membrane-related applications in biochemistry, including solubilizing membrane proteins, precipitating cholesterol, and permeabilizing cell membranes.
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- Medical vocabulary what does digitonin mean
- How to say digitonin high quality voices
- Physical chemical and biological properties
- References
Digitonin is sometimes confused with the cardiac drug digoxin (sometimes also called digitalis or digitoxin) and both can be extracted from the same source.
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Physical, chemical and biological properties
Critical micelle concentration = < 0.5 mM
Average micellar weight = 70000
Appearance = White to off-white powder
Boiling Point/Melting Point = 230 to 240 °C
Aggregation number = 60
Rat-LD50 = 4 mg/kg body weight (IVN), 51 mg/kg body weight (ORAL)