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   Rauvolfia serpentina

About Plant

Plant ID PLN0072
Plant Name Rauvolfia serpentina
Common Name Indian snakeroot, devil pepper
Vernacular Name Sarpagandha
Plant Description Sarpagandha is used in folk medicine in India for centuries to treat a wide variety of maladies, including snake and insect bites, febrile conditions, malaria, abdominal pain, and dysentery. It was also used as a uterine stimulant, febrifuge, and cure for insanity.

Plant Classification

Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Streptophyta
Class Magnolipsida
Order Gentianales
Family Apocynaceae
Genus Rauvolfia
Species serpentina
Variety/Line/Chemotype
Distribution Indian subcontinents and East Asia (from India to Indonesia)
Use Sarpagandha is used in folk medicine in India for centuries to treat a wide variety of maladies, including snake and insect bites, febrile conditions, malaria, abdominal pain, and dysentery. It was also used as a uterine stimulant, febrifuge, and cure for insanity.
Chemical Constituents Indole alkaloids including ajmaline, ajmalicine, reserpine, and serpentine.

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Transcriptome

Transcriptome ID Sample Tissue
PTE130 Young leaf
PTE131 Mature leaf
PTE132 Mature leaf

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Reference

Journal

Singh Y, Gupta A, Kannojia P (2020). Tagetes erecta(Marigold) - A review on its phytochemical andmedicinal properties. Current Medical and DrugResearch, 4 (1), Article ID 201.
(2) (PDF) Tagetes erecta (Marigold) -A review on its phytochemical and medicinal properties. Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339628097_Tagetes_erecta_Marigold_-A_review_on_its_phytochemical_and_medicinal_properties [accessed Feb 06 2024].


https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339628097_Tagetes_erecta_Marigold_-A_review_on_its_phytochemical_and_medicinal_properties