Strophanthus

{str of - an’ - thus) [orpotyoq, a twisted band; avOog, flower]. A genus of plants of the order Apocynaceae, some of the species of which are used for the preparation of arrow poison in Africa. The seeds of S. hispid us (S., U. S. P., B. P.) contain a crystalline glucosid, strophanthin, and an alkaloid, inein. S. is a muscle-poison, but in small doses is a cardiac and perhaps a vascular stimulant. It is used in the same cases as digitalis. Dose of Tinctura strop hant hi (U. S. P., B. P.) lT\v-xv (0.32-1.0); of strophanthin gr. jij-2^ (0.0002-0.0003). 603