Research Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry
  • Year: 2021
  • Volume: 13
  • Issue: 4

Cardiac glycosides - The review of remedies in congestive heart failure

1Professor, Department of Pharmacognosy, Grace College of Pharmacy, Palakkad

2Principal, Grace College of Pharmacy, Palakkad

3Vice Principal, Grace College of Pharmacy, Palakkad

*Corresponding Author E-mail: rsmr_raj@yahoo.co.in

Online published on 11 July, 2022.

Abstract

Congestive heart failure, occurs when our heart muscle doesn't pump blood as well as it must. Certain conditions, such as narrowed arteries in your heart (coronary artery disease) or high blood pressure, gradually leave your heart too weak or stiff to fill and pump efficiently. Herbal drugs like digitalis, squill, and stropanthus commonly find the treatment of heart diseases. Caridio active glycosides like having the purpurea glycosides A and B present in the herb of digitalis, glucoscillaren A and scillarenase having the squill and strophanthus having strophanthoside.

Keywords

Heart failure, Digitalis, Squill, Strophanthus, Strophanthoside