Plant Rauvolfia serpentina (Apocynaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Indian Snakeroot; Serpentine Wood

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
GAMMA-YOHIMBINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOAJMALINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISORAUHIMBINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISORAUNITIDINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOSANDWICINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOYOHIMBINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-RESERPATE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEOAJMALINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NITROGEN	0	Seed	5500.0	16000.0	-0.67	Duke, 1992 *
PAPAVERINE	26	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Seed	700.0	2200.0	-0.83	Duke, 1992 *
RAUBASINE	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RAUGALLINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RAUHIMBINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RAUNATINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RAUNOLININE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RAUPINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RAUWOLFININE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RAUWOLSCINE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RENOXIDINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiimpotence	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiinflammatory	1	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, 1995
Antiinsomniac	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiischemic	2	Martindale's 28th
Antiketaminic	1	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.
Antileukemic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antimalarial	1	Rukunga, G. and Simons, A. J. 2006. The Potential of Plants as a Source of Antimalarial Agents - A Review. Africa Herbal Antimalaria Meeting. PlantaPhile Publications, Berlin. 72 pp.
Antimeasles	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimenopausal	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimigraine	2	Martindale's 28th
Antinesidioblastosic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antinociceptive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiophidic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiosteoporotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparaesthesic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiperiodontitic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiplasmodial	1	Rukunga, G. and Simons, A. J. 2006. The Potential of Plants as a Source of Antimalarial Agents - A Review. Africa Herbal Antimalaria Meeting. PlantaPhile Publications, Berlin. 72 pp.
AntiPMS	1	Duke, 1992 *