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Scillitoxin (scillaine) is a chemical substance found in daffodils. It is a cardiac glucoside (a type of glycoside). with effects similar to digitoxin. The first, 1889, edition of the Merck Index lists: "Scilli-toxin (Scillain)" under the heading of "Squill (Scilla) preparations". It was stated in 1929 that "Scillitoxin has not been chemically identified as a definite chemical entity".
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- Merck, E. (1889). Merck's Index of fine chemicals and drugs for the materia medica and the arts. p. 137.
- Munch, J.C.; Silver, James; Horn, E.E. (November 1929). Red-squill powders as raticides. United States Department of Agriculture Technical Bulletin. Vol. 134. p. 3. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
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