New polyhydroxylated cardiac steroids (I, II, III, IV, V and VI) were found in nuchal gland secretions of the snake, Rhabdophis tigrinus. The steroids contained an a-pyron ring at position 17 as those in bufodienolides but were not conjugated with suberoyl arginine. Hydroxylation occurred at position 3,
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