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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
TETRAPHYLLICINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THEBAINE 7 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VIMILENINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VOMALIDINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Seed 55000.0 87000.0 -0.54 Duke, 1992 *
YOHIMBINE 37 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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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 *