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From the fruit of Rhododendron molle G.Don an active principle has been isolated, which possesses antihypertensive and bradycardiac actions and has been used clinically for severe hypertension with good results. The active principle rhomotoxin has been proved to be the same as rhodojaponin-III by physical and chemical identification.
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Daoji, D., Aifen, Z., Jiazhen, W. et al. The purification and structural identification of rhomotoxin. Acta Academiae Medicinae Wuhan 2, 237–239 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02858864
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02858864