Ouabain

Word OUABAIN
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Pronunciations /ˈuːəbeɪn/

Definitions and meanings of "Ouabain"

What do we mean by ouabain?

A white poisonous glycoside, C29H44O12, extracted from the seeds of several African trees of the genera Strophanthus and Acokanthera, that is used as a dart poison in some parts of Africa. noun

A glucoside which exists in the root and wood of ouabaio (wabaio), Acokanthera ouabaio, from which is prepared the arrow-poison of the Somalis of the east coast of Africa. noun

G-strophanthin, a poisonous cardiac glycoside. noun

A poisonous cardiac glycoside, g-strophanthin, found in the seeds of certain lianas.

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The word "ouabain" in example sentences

The active principle is a chemical called ouabain, and it is a powerful stimulant of the muscles of the heart. ❋ Wade Davis (1985)

Ph.D. thesis research on the effects of experimental congestive heart failure, asphyxia and ouabain on high energy phosphates and creatine content of the guinea pig heart. ❋ Unknown (1999)

In moderate dosage ouabain is used today to treat emergency heart failure; in excessive doses it makes the heart go crazy, pumping wildly until it collapses. ❋ Wade Davis (1985)

Myers, Widespread occurrence in frogs and toads of skin compounds interacting with the ouabain site of Na+, K+, ATPase, Science 208 1980: 503-5; Kennedy, A. ❋ Wade Davis (1985)

Acokanthera shrub, which has bark filled with "ouabain", closely-related to a source of arrow poison famously used to kill elephants. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Such mastication appears to liberate the ouabain from the bark and mix it with saliva to form a coarse colloid, which is then specifically applied only to the lateral line hairs. ❋ Unknown (2011)

"It's been known for a long time that injecting the sodium/potassium pump inhibitor ouabain into the brain can induce seizures in rats," says Clapcote, and it's also known that mice lacking two of three forms of the pump - either the "alpha1" or "alpha2" forms - are free from seizures. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Action of ouabain on submaxillary secretion in the dog ❋ Unknown (2008)

Figure 5C, the application of 0.1 mM ouabain for 1 min substantially reduces the massive postplateau hyperpolarizations in membrane-tethered δ-ACTX-Hv1a-expressing lLN ❋ Unknown (2008)

The continued increase in ouabain effect following washout is likely due to slow tissue diffusion of the hydrophobic drug. ❋ Unknown (2008)

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