-thə̇n noun
( -s )
Etymology: New Latin Strophanthus + International Scientific Vocabulary -in
: any of several glycosides or mixtures of glycosides obtained from African apocynaceous plants of the genera Strophanthus and Acocanthera: as
a. also strophanthin-K
[ strophanthin-K from Strophanthus kombé, plant from which it is produced]
: a bitter very toxic crystalline steroidal glycoside C 36 H 54 O 14 from the seeds and bark of an east African woody vine ( Strophanthus kombé ) that yields strophanthidin, cymarose, and glucose on hydrolysis and that is used similarly to digitalis and in Africa as an arrow poison — called also k-strophanthin
b. also strophanthin-G
[ strophanthin-German from Strophanthus gratus, plant from which it is produced]
: ouabain
c. : cymarin