# Digitoxigenin

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**Digitoxigenin**, a [cardenolide](/source/Cardenolide), is the [aglycone](/source/Aglycone) of [digitoxin](/source/Digitoxin).

Digitoxigenin can be used to prepare [actodigin](/source/Actodigin).[2]

In Lednicer's book on steroids, it is made from [deoxycholic acid](/source/Deoxycholic_acid).

## References

1. [http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/catalog/ProductDetail.do?N4=D9404](http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/catalog/ProductDetail.do?N4=D9404)|SIGMA&N5=SEARCH_CONCAT_PNO|BRAND_KEY&F=SPEC [dead link]

1. Ferland, J. M. (1974). "Synthetic Cardenolides and Related Products. III. Isocardenolides". *Canadian Journal of Chemistry*. **52** (9): 1652–1661. [doi:10.1139/v74-239](https://doi.org/10.1139/v74-239). [ISSN 0008-4042](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0008-4042)

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