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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Rauvolfia serpentina (Apocynaceae)

Common Names
Indian Snakeroot, Serpentine Wood
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
11-METHOXY-DELTA-TOHIMBINE 0 Root *
2,6-DIMETHOXYBENZOQUINONE 5 Plant *
3,4,5-TRIMETHOXYBENZOIC-ACID 0 Plant *
3-EPI-ALPHA-YOHIMBINE 0 Root *
AJMALEXINE 0 Root 2000.0 3000.0 *
AJMALICINE 11 Root *
AJMALINE 16 Root *
AJMALININE 3 Root *
ALKALOIDS 0 Root 15000.0 24000.0 0.25 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Seed 1300.0 2000.0 -0.71 *
ALLOYOHIMBINE 0 Root *
ASK 0 Seed 9000.0 19000.0 *
CALCIUM 28 Seed 3400.0 6900.0 0.51 *
CHANDRINE 1 Root *
CORYNANTHINE 8 Plant *
DELTA-YOHIMBINE 0 Root *
DESERPIDINE 8 Plant *
EUDESMIC-ACID 0 Plant *
FAT 0 Seed 10000.0 97000.0 -0.89 *
FIBER 15 Seed 565000.0 755000.0 4.90 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Abortifacient 1 (View) *
Absorbent 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Adrenergic-Blocker 3 (View) *
Adrenolytic 3 (View) Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Allergenic 2 (View) Mitchell, J. and Rook, A.J. 1923. Botanical Dermatology: plants and plant products injurious to the skin. Vancouver: Greengrass, 1979. xiii, 787 p.: ill.
Analgesic 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anesthetic 2 (View) *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 (View) *
Antiacetylcholinesterase 1 (View) *
Antiadrenergic 2 (View) *
Antiaggregant 2 (View) *
Antiallergic 1 (View) *
Antiandrogenic 1 (View) *
Antianginal 2 (View) *
Antianxiety 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarrhythmic 3 (View) *
Antiarthritic 1 (View) *
Antiasthmatic 1 (View) *
Antiatherosclerotic 2 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 1 (View) *