View source for Cardanolide

[[File:Cardanolide.png|thumb|right]]
'''Cardanolide''' is a defined [[parent hydride]] in the [[nomenclature of steroids]].<ref>{{IUPAC natural products 1999}}.</ref> It is characterised by a [[γ-butyrolactone]] side chain, which is often further unsaturated giving '''cardenolides'''. In the cardanolide structure, the configuration of carbon-5 is not defined, and so must be specified for each derivative. Cardanolide steroids include the [[Glycoside|aglycosidic]] portions of the [[cardiac glycoside]]s, such as [[digitoxigenin]].

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Cardanolide steroids|*]]
[[Category:Nomenclature of steroids]]

{{CC-BY-3.0}}