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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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RESERPINE

Chemical ID
RESERPINE
Ubiquitous
No

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List of chemical activities.
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Activity Dosage Reference
Hypothermic 2.5 mg/kg scu mus *
MDR-Inhibitor 2.5-10 uM *
Peristaltic *
Rodenticide Martindale's 28th
Sedative Martindale's 28th
Serotoninolytic Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Teratogenic 1-2 mg/kg ims ipr rat *
Tranquilizer Merck 11th Edition
Tumorigenic 5-10 ppm feed orl mus *
Ulcerogenic 0.1 mg/kg/day/6 weeks imr rat *
Uterotonic Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Vasoconstrictor *
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List of chemical plants.
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Plant Name Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
Catharanthus roseus Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Rauvolfia serpentina Root 100.0 2000.0 *
Rauvolfia tetraphylla Root *
Rauvolfia vomitoria Root *
Vinca minor Leaf *
Vinca minor Root *
Vinca minor Plant *