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

Common Names

African Snakeroot

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
17-ACETYL-AJMALINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AJMALICINE	11	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AJMALINE	16	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AJMALININE	3	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-YOHIMBINE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALSTONINE	5	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARICINE	4	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARAPANAUBINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEACETYLDEFORMYLAKUAMMILINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEACETYLDEFORMYLPICRALINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOAJMALINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOCARAPANAUBINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISORESERPILINE	4	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISORESERPILINE-PSEUDOINDOXYL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOSANDWICENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MITORIDINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEONORRESERPINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PERAKINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PICRININE	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PURPELINE	0	Root	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
(-)-Chronotropic	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Abortifacient	1	Duke, 1992 *
Adrenergic-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Adrenolytic	3	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	1	Duke, 1992 *
Amebicide	1	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Anesthetic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacetylcholinesterase	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiadrenergic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiamebic	1	Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antianginal	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidepressant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antidiuretic	2	Martindale's 28th
Antidopaminergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidote	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.