Hypolipidaemic Activity of Rauwolfia serpentina Benth

Comparative Activity of Reserpine and Total Alkaloids of Rauwolfia serpentina Benth

Rauwolfia serpentina has come to stay with the modern medical profession as a useful therapeutic agent. It would be easily the best remedy so far discovered from amongst Indian folk lore and it will be a matter of time involving wide field trials before the drug finds its exact role in the management of two challenging medical problems namely ‘hypertension’ and ‘neuropsychiatric’ conditions. Ho...

Rauwolfia Serpentina in Essential Hypertension

jHauwolfia serpentina has been known as a medicinal plant in India for a long time but its use in the treatment of hypertension is of comparatively recent origin. The dried root contains 1 per cent of total alkaloids besides resin, starch, potassium carbonate, phosphate, silicate and traces of iron and manganese (Sen and Bose, 1931). Siddiqui and Siddiqui (1931) found two groups of alkaloids an...

Preliminary Observations on the Use of Rauwolfia Serpentina Benth. In the Treatment of Mental Disorders

Rauwolfia serpentina (serpasil) in psychiatry.

The therapeutic problem of satisfactorily controlling acute and chronic states of psychomotor excitement is an ever-present one confronting psychiatrists engaged in hospital practice. Admittedly, the application of current methods of treatment, such as systematic pharmacological sedation by means of barbiturates and other drugs or electroconvulsive therapy, will in most cases control excited be...

Effect of Growth Regulators and Culture Conditions on Direct Root Induction of Rauwolfia serpentina L. (Apocynaceae) Benth by Leaf Explants

Purpose: Rauwolfia serpentina (L.) Benth, from the family, Apocynaceae, is an important medicinal plant due to the alkaloid content of its root. The purpose of this study was to obtain roots directly from leaf explant using growth regulators. Methods: The leaf explant was inoculated on MS (Murashige and Skoog) medium supplemented with single and combinations of growth regulators. Root growth wa...