The heart medication Digitalis (Digoxin) is derived from which flowering plant?
Show answer and explanation
Correct answer: Foxglove
Digitalis is a genus of plants commonly known as Foxgloves (Digitalis purpurea). The cardiac glycosides extracted from them are used to treat congestive heart failure and atrial fibrillation.
Keep practicing
More Medicinal Plants questions
- Which medicinal plant is known as 'Village Pharmacy' in India due to the versatile use of its bark, leaves, and seeds?
- Aspirin was originally synthesized from a chemical precursor found in the bark of which tree?
- Which of the following is an anti-cancer drug obtained from the Rosy Periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus)?
- Which part of the plant Withania somnifera (Ashwagandha) is most commonly used in traditional medicine?
- The drug Taxol, used in breast and ovarian cancer treatment, was first discovered in the bark of which tree?
- Menthol, used in many cough drops and topical ointments, is primarily obtained from: