The action of Rauwolfia serpentina alkaloid on the blood vessel
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A Priliminary Note on the Pharmacological Study on Reserpine a New Alkaloid Isolated from Rauwolfia Serpentina
Rauwolfia serpentina, Benth, commonly known as Insanity herb has been used for a long time in Ayurvedic System of Indian Medicine. It has been highly advocated as a general sedative in sleeplessness, anxiety neurosia and hysteria and in the treatment of epilepsy, maniacal and acute insanity. Siddiqui & Siddiqui (19321935) studied the chemistry of some of the active principles extracted from the...
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عنوان ژورنال: Folia Pharmacologica Japonica
سال: 1957
ISSN: 0015-5691,1347-8397
DOI: 10.1254/fpj.53.1075