Obtained by hydrolysis of K-strophanthin-β, isolated from seeds of Strophanthus kombé Oliv., Apocynaceae: Jacobs, Hoffmann, J. Biol. Chem. 69, 153 (1926); Stoll et al., Helv. Chim. Acta 20, 1484 (1937). Identity with periplobiose: Barbier, Schindler, ibid. 42, 1065 (1959). Structure: Lichti, von Wartburg, ibid. 44, 238 (1961).
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