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

Plant Rauvolfia tetraphylla (Apocynaceae)

Common Names
Four-Leaf Devilpepper, Pinque-Pinque
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
AJMALICINE 11 Plant *
AJMALINE 16 Plant *
ALKALOIDS 0 Leaf 4000.0 18000.0 0.60 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Root 600.0 2000.0 -0.82 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Stem 1000.0 5000.0 0.43 *
ALPHA-YOBIMBINE 0 Leaf 5000.0 *
ALPHA-YOBIMBINE 0 Root Bark 1000.0 *
ALPHA-YOBIMBINE 0 Stem Bark 2000.0 *
ALSTONINE 5 Plant *
ARICINE 4 Leaf *
BETA-YOHIMBINE 0 Root *
CANEMBRINE 0 Plant *
CARPAGINE 0 Plant *
CHALCHUPINE-A 0 Plant *
CHALCHUPINE-B 0 Plant *
CORYNANTHINE 8 Plant *
DELTA-YOHIMBINE 0 Root *
DESERPIDINE 8 Root *
EPSILON-YOHIMBINE 0 Root *
ISORAUNESCINE 0 Plant *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
(-)-Chronotropic 1 (View) Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Abortifacient 1 (View) *
Adrenergic-Blocker 1 (View) *
Adrenolytic 2 (View) 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.
Allergenic 1 (View) *
Amebicide 1 (View) Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Anesthetic 1 (View) *
Antiadrenergic 2 (View) *
Antiaggregant 1 (View) *
Antiamebic 1 (View) Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antiandrogenic 1 (View) *
Antiarrhythmic 1 (View) *
Antibacterial 2 (View) *
Anticonvulsant 1 (View) *
Antidiuretic 1 (View) Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Antidyskinetic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Antifrigidity 1 (View) *
Antihypertensive 5 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertonic 1 (View) 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.
Antileukemic 1 (View) *