| 释义 |
oua·ba·in
\wäˈbīə̇n, ˈwäbəə̇n\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary ouabaio + -in; probably originally formed as French ouabaïne
: a very toxic crystalline steroidal glycoside C29H44O12 obtained from the seeds of an African shrub (Strophanthus gratus) or from the wood of trees of the genus Acocanthera (as A. schimperi) that yields rhamnose and ouabagenin on hydrolysis and that is used similarly to digitalis and in Africa as an arrow poison — called also g-strophanthin, strophanthin-g |