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Digitalis purpurea (Common Foxglove or Purple Foxglove), is a flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae (formerly treated in the family Scrophulariaceae), native to most of Europe. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1944x2592, 1613 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Digitalis purpurea ...
Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ...
Divisions Green algae land plants (embryophytes) non-vascular embryophytes Hepatophyta - liverworts Anthocerophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses vascular plants (tracheophytes) seedless vascular plants Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongue ferns seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta...
Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also called angiosperms) are the dominant and most familiar group of land plants. ...
Magnoliopsida is the botanical name for a class: this name is formed by replacing the termination -aceae in the name Magnoliaceae by the termination -opsida (Art 16 of the ICBN). ...
Families See text The Order Lamiales is a taxon in the asterid group of dicotyledonous flowering plants. ...
Genera See text The Plantaginaceae Juss. ...
Species About 20 species, including: Digitalis ciliata Digitalis davisiana Digitalis dubia Digitalis ferruginea Digitalis grandiflora Digitalis laevigata Digitalis lanata Digitalis lutea Digitalis obscura Digitalis parviflora Digitalis purpurea Digitalis thapsi Digitalis viridiflora Digitalis is a genus of about 20 species of herbaceous biennials, perennials and shrubs that was traditionally placed in...
In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ...
Carolus Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as , (May 23, 1707 – January 10, 1778), was a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist[1] who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of nomenclature. ...
Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also called angiosperms) are the dominant and most familiar group of land plants. ...
World map showing Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of the Earth. ...
It is a herbaceous biennial plant. The leaves are spirally arranged, simple, 10-35 cm long and 5-12 cm broad, grey-green, downy, and with a finely toothed margin; they form a tight rosette at ground level in the first year. The flowering stem develops in the second year, growing to 1-2 m tall. The flowers are arranged in a showy, terminal, elongated cluster, each tubular, pendent, purple (also pink, rose, yellow, or white in selected cultivars). They are also spotted inside bottom of the tube. The fruit is a capsule which splits open at maturity to release the numerous tiny (0.1-0.2 mm) seeds. This article is about the plants used in cooking and medicine. ...
A Biennial plant is a plant that takes between twelve and twenty-four months to complete its lifecycle. ...
The leaves of a Beech tree A leaf with laminar structure and pinnate venation In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant organ specialized for photosynthesis. ...
Clivia miniata A cluster of flowers (Clivia miniata) A Blue Summer Flower. ...
This Osteospermum Pink Whirls is a successful cultivar. ...
Fruit stall in Barcelona, Spain. ...
Flowers and fruit (capsules) of the ground orchid, Spathoglottis plicata. ...
A ripe red jalapeno cut open to show the seeds For other uses, see Seed (disambiguation). ...
There are three subspecies: In zoology, as in other branches of biology, subspecies is the rank immediately subordinate to a species. ...
- Digitalis purpurea subsp. purpurea – most of Europe
- Digitalis purpurea subsp. heywoodii – Iberia
- Digitalis purpurea subsp. mariana – Iberia
Toxins Due to the presence of the cardiac glycoside digitoxin, the leaves, flowers and seeds of this plant are all poisonous to humans and some animals and can be fatal if eaten. Cardiac glycosides are drugs used in the treatment of congestive heart failure and cardiac arrhythmia. ...
Species Digitalis ferruginea Digitalis grandiflora Digitalis lanata Digitalis lutea Digitalis obscura Digitalis purpurea Digitalis is a genus of about 20 species of herbaceous biennials, perennials and shrubs in the foxglove family Scrophulariaceae. ...
The skull and crossbones symbol traditionally used to label a poisonous substance. ...
Extracted from the leaves, this same compound, whose clinical use was pioneered as digitalis by William Withering, is used as a medication for heart failure. He recognized that it "reduced dropsy", increased urine flow and had a powerful effect on heart. Unlike the purified pharmacological forms, extracts of this plant didn't frequently cause intoxication because they induced nausea and vomiting within minutes of ingestion, preventing the patient from consuming more. Species About 20 species, including: Digitalis ciliata Digitalis davisiana Digitalis dubia Digitalis ferruginea Digitalis grandiflora Digitalis laevigata Digitalis lanata Digitalis lutea Digitalis obscura Digitalis parviflora Digitalis purpurea Digitalis thapsi Digitalis viridiflora Digitalis is a genus of about 20 species of herbaceous biennials, perennials and shrubs that was traditionally placed in...
William Withering (March 17, 1741 - October 6, 1799) was a British botanist, physician and the discoverer of digitalis. ...
Edema (BE: oedema, formerly known as dropsy) is swelling of any organ or tissue due to accumulation of excess fluid. ...
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The main toxins in Digitalis are the two chemically similar cardiac glycosides: digitoxin and digoxin. Like other cardiac glycosides, the Digitalis toxins exert their effects by inhibiting the ATPase activity of a complex of transmembrane proteins that form the sodium potassium ATPase pump, (Na+/K+-ATPase). Inhibition of the Na+/K+-ATPase in turn causes a rise not only in intracellular Na+, but also in calcium, which in turn results in increased force of myocardial muscle contractions. In other words, at precisely the right dosage, Digitalis toxin can cause the heart to beat more strongly. However, digitoxin, digoxin and several other cardiac glycosides, such as ouabain, are known to have steep dose-response curves, i.e. minute increases in the dosage of these drugs can make the difference between an ineffective dose and a fatal one. Cardiac glycosides are drugs used in the treatment of congestive heart failure and cardiac arrhythmia. ...
Species Digitalis ferruginea Digitalis grandiflora Digitalis lanata Digitalis lutea Digitalis obscura Digitalis purpurea Digitalis is a genus of about 20 species of herbaceous biennials, perennials and shrubs in the foxglove family Scrophulariaceae. ...
Digoxin is a cardiac glycoside extracted from the foxglove plant, digitalis. ...
ATPases are a class of enzymes that catalyze the decomposition of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) into adenosine diphosphate (ADP) and a free phosphate ion. ...
Flow of ions. ...
Na+/K+-ATPase (also known as the Na+/K+ pump or Na+/K+ exchanger) is an enzyme (EC 3. ...
Na+/K+-ATPase (also known as the Na+/K+ pump or Na+/K+ exchanger) is an enzyme (EC 3. ...
Species Digitalis ferruginea Digitalis grandiflora Digitalis lanata Digitalis lutea Digitalis obscura Digitalis purpurea Digitalis is a genus of about 20 species of herbaceous biennials, perennials and shrubs in the foxglove family Scrophulariaceae. ...
Digoxin is a cardiac glycoside extracted from the foxglove plant, digitalis. ...
Ouabain is the familiar name of g-strophanthin, a poisonous cardiac glycoside. ...
Symptoms of Digitalis poisoning include a low pulse rate, nausea, vomiting, and uncoordinated contractions of different parts of the heart leading to cardiac arrest and finally death.
Foxgloves grow wild in England and Ireland. There are so many, some even regard this beautiful cottage flower as a weed.
Digoxigenin (DIG) is a steroid found exclusively in the flowers and leaves of the plants Digitalis purpurea and Digitalis lanata. It is used as a molecular probe to detect DNA or RNA. It can easily be attached to nucleotides by chemical modifications. DIG molecules are often linked to uridine nucleotides; DIG labeled uridine (DIG-U) can then be incorporated into RNA probes via in vitro transcription. Once hybridisation occurs in situ, RNA probes with the incorporated DIG-U can be detected with anti-DIG antibodies that are conjugated to alkaline phosphatase. To reveal the hybridised transcripts, alkaline phosphatase can be reacted with a chromogen to produce a colour precipitate. Molecular biology is the study of biology at a molecular level. ...
chemical structure of digoxigenin Digoxigenin (DIG) is a steroid found exclusively in the flowers and leaves of the plants Digitalis purpurea and Digitalis lanata. ...
chemical structure of digoxigenin Digoxigenin (DIG) is a steroid found exclusively in the flowers and leaves of the plants Digitalis purpurea and Digitalis lanata. ...
Binomial name Digitalis lanata The Digitalis lanata (also Woolly Foxglove or Grecian Foxglove[1]) is a species of foxglove that grows in Eastern Europe. ...
Uridine is a molecule (known as a nucleoside) that is formed when uracil is attached to a ribose ring (also known as a ribofuranose) via a β-N1-glycosidic bond. ...
A nucleotide is an organic molecule consisting of a heterocyclic nucleobase (a purine or a pyrimidine), a pentose sugar (deoxyribose in DNA or ribose in RNA), and a phosphate or polyphosphate group. ...
Uridine is a molecule (known as a nucleoside) that is formed when uracil is attached to a ribose ring (also known as a ribofuranose) via a β-N1-glycosidic bond. ...
Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is a nucleic acid polymer consisting of nucleotide monomers. ...
In genetics, hybridisation is the process of mixing different species or varieties of organisms. ...
Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is a nucleic acid polymer consisting of nucleotide monomers. ...
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Alkaline phosphatase, drawn from PDB 1ANI. Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) (EC 3. ...
Alkaline phosphatase, drawn from PDB 1ANI. Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) (EC 3. ...
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Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1944x2592, 1811 KB) Digitalis purpurea photographed by Philip Jägenstedt in Stora Hultrum, Sweden, on the 9th of July 2005. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2592x1944, 1678 KB) Digitalis purpurea photographed by Philip Jägenstedt in Stora Hultrum, Sweden, on the 10th of July 2005. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2592x1944, 1973 KB) Digitalis purpurea photographed by Philip Jägenstedt in Stora Hultrum, Sweden, on the 10th of July 2005. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 969 KB) Digitalis purpurea, picture taken in Benmore Botanic Garden (Scotland), July 8, 2005 by Tim Bekaert File links The following pages link to this file: Digitalis ...
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References - Flora Europaea: Digitalis purpurea
- Ecological flora of the British Isles: Digitalis purpurea
- Skye Flora: Digitalis purpurea
- Purple Foxglove USDA Invasive Plants of the US
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