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
Convulsant	2	Merck 11th Edition
Coronary-Dilator	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Dermatitigenic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Diuretic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Emetic	1	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Emollient	1	Martindale's 29th
Estrogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Fungicide	1	Recio, M. C., Rios, J. L., and Villar, A., A review of some antimicrobial compounds isolated from medicinal plants reported in the literature 1978-1988, Phytotherapy Research, 3(4), 1989, 117-125.
Hepatoprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypertensive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypocholesterolemic	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Hypotensive	10	Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Hypothermic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Hypouricemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Immunostimulant	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Laxative	2	Duke, 1992 *
MAO-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mastogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
MDR-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Mydriatic	1	Merck 11th Edition