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| Trade names | Dynocard |
| Other names | Gitoxin 3′,3′,3′′′,4′′′′,16-pentaformate |
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| ECHA InfoCard | 100.030.397 |
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| Formula | C46H64O19 |
| Molar mass | 920.999 g·mol−1 |
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Gitoformate (INN, or pentaformylgitoxin, trade name Dynocard) is a cardiac glycoside, a type of drug that can be used in the treatment of congestive heart failure and cardiac arrhythmia (irregular heartbeat).1 Produced by Madaus, it is not available in the US, and does not seem to be available in Europe either.
Chemistry
Gitoformate is a derivative of the glycoside gitoxin, with five of the six free hydroxyl groups formylated, one on the aglycon and four on the sugar.23 Gitoxin, a cardiac glycoside from the woolly foxglove (Digitalis lanata), has an aglycon of the cardenolide type named gitoxigenin, which is also the aglycon of lanatoside B, another Digitalis lanata glycoside.4
References
References
- Rietbrock N, Woodcock BG, Hrazdil U (1984). "[Gitoformate and digitoxin as alternatives to kidney-dependent glycosides in the therapy of cardiac insufficiency]". Arzneimittel-Forschung. 34 (8): 915–917. PMID 6541927.
- Dei Cas L, Affatato A, Buia E, Casciarri G, Faggiano P, Giunti G, et al. (1984). "[Plasma levels of gitoxin (by RIA and rubidium-86 uptake) and systolic time after treatment with a single dose of gitoformate]". Cardiologia. 29 (5–6): 291–300. PMID 6542412.
- "Gitoxin". PubChem. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- Foye WO, Lemke TL, Williams DA (2008). Foye's principles of medicinal chemistry. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 699. ISBN 978-0-7817-6879-5.

