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

Plant Rauvolfia vomitoria (Apocynaceae)

Common Names
African Snakeroot
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
17-ACETYL-AJMALINE 0 Plant *
AJMALICINE 11 Root *
AJMALINE 16 Root *
AJMALININE 3 Root *
ALPHA-YOHIMBINE 2 Plant *
ALSTONINE 5 Root *
ARICINE 4 Leaf *
CARAPANAUBINE 0 Leaf *
DEACETYLDEFORMYLAKUAMMILINE 0 Plant *
DEACETYLDEFORMYLPICRALINE 0 Plant *
ISOAJMALINE 0 Root *
ISOCARAPANAUBINE 0 Plant *
ISORESERPILINE 4 Leaf *
ISORESERPILINE-PSEUDOINDOXYL 0 Leaf *
ISOSANDWICENE 0 Plant *
MITORIDINE 0 Root *
NEONORRESERPINE 0 Plant *
PERAKINE 0 Plant *
PICRININE 1 Leaf *
PURPELINE 0 Root *
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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 3 (View) 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 (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) *
Antiacetylcholinesterase 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.
Antianginal 1 (View) *
Antiarrhythmic 1 (View) *
Antiatherosclerotic 1 (View) *
Antibacterial 1 (View) *
Anticonvulsant 1 (View) *
Antidepressant 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antidiuretic 2 (View) Martindale's 28th
Antidopaminergic 1 (View) *
Antidote 1 (View) 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.