Toxins/Compound
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Foxglove
Digitalis purpurea
Common names: dead man’s bells, fairy cap, fairy finger, lady’s thimble, lion’s mouth, throatwort, witch’s bells
Digitoxin and digoxin are cardiac glycosides that bind to the sodium-potassium-ATPase channel to slow and strengthen the beating of the heart ultimately by increasing vagal tone (decreased conduction through the sinoatrial [SA] and atrioventricular [AV] nodes) and intracellular calcium concentration.
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