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This piece detailed the surprising finding that the human body apparently makes ouabain -- a hormone first found in plants -- and that the compound may cause some cases of hypertension and perhaps play a role in heart disease as well. The toxic agent is ouabain (pronounced wah-bane), a well-known steroid hormone produced by plants and belonging to a class of drugs called cardiac glycosides. |
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