Digitalose is a deoxy sugar that is a component of various cardiac glycosides including thevetin and emicymarin. It was first reported in 1892 as being obtained by the hydrolysis of Digtalinum verum.[1][2] The chemical structure was first elucidated in 1943 by the German chemist Otto Schmidt.[3] Chemically, it is a methyl ether of D-fucose.
See also
- Sarmentose, a related deoxy sugar
References
- ^ a b Digitalose, Merck Index, 12th Edition, 3202
- ^ Kiliani (1892). "Ueber Digitalonsäure". Chem. Ber. 25 (1): 2116–2118. doi:10.1002/cber.189202501328.
- ^ Otto Th. Schmidt; Walter Mayer; Alfred Distelmaier (1943). "Digitalose". Naturwissenschaften. 31 (21–22): 247–248. Bibcode:1943NW.....31..247S. doi:10.1007/bf01482327.
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