Chemistry:Gitoformate

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Short description: Chemical compound
Gitoformate
Gitoformate skeletal.svg
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Trade namesDynocard
Other namesGitoxin 3',3'',3''',4''',16-pentaformate
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FormulaC46H64O19
Molar mass920.999 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

Gitoxigenin, the aglycon

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.[2][3] 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

  1. "[Gitoformate and digitoxin as alternatives to kidney-dependent glycosides in the therapy of cardiac insufficiency]". Arzneimittel-Forschung 34 (8): 915–917. 1984. PMID 6541927. 
  2. "[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. 1984. PMID 6542412. 
  3. "Gitoxin". PubChem. U.S. National Library of Medicine. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/91540. 
  4. Foye's principles of medicinal chemistry. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2008. p. 699. ISBN 978-0-7817-6879-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=R0W1ErpsQpkC.