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    Rauvolfia serpentina, the Indian snakeroot, devil pepper, serpentine wood, Sarpagandha (as known locally) or Chandrika, is a species of flower in the...
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    Rauvolfia (sometimes spelled Rauwolfia) is a genus of evergreen trees and shrubs, commonly known as devil peppers, in the family Apocynaceae. The genus...
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    Rauvolfia vomitoria, the poison devil's-pepper, is a plant species in the genus Rauvolfia. It is native from Senegal east to Sudan and Tanzania, south...
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    Rauvolfia tetraphylla is a plant in the family Apocynaceae, growing as a bush or small tree. It is commonly known as the be still tree or devil-pepper...
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    Rauvolfia verticillata, the common devil pepper, is a plant in the family Apocynaceae. The specific epithet verticillata means 'whorled' and refers to...
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    Rauvolfia afra is a tree in the family Apocynaceae. It is commonly known as the quinine tree. These trees are distributed from the Eastern Cape of South...
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    Rauvolfia sandwicensis, the devil's-pepper, also known as hao in the Hawaiian language, is a species of flowering plant in the milkweed family, Apocynaceae...
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    America, India, Myanmar, and Malaya: evergreen trees and shrubs, such as Rauvolfia, Tabernaemontana, and Acokanthera. In Central America: Plumeria, or the...
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  • 7-hydroxymitragynine, raubasine, and other Kratom alkaloids Rauvolfia serpentina: rauwolscine Rauvolfia vomitoria Nymphaea caerulea (Egyptian lotus or blue lotus):...
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    Rauvolfia sachetiae is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is endemic to the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia. It is listed as a "Critically...
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  • Rauvolfia sumatrana is a tree in the family Apocynaceae. Rauvolfia sumatrana grows up to 27 metres (90 ft) tall, with a trunk diameter of up to 43 centimetres...
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  • Rauvolfia micrantha, the small-flowered snakeroot, is a plant that is indigenous to southwestern India, southern Thailand, and Vietnam. It has a woody...
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    Ajmaline (category Alkaloids found in Rauvolfia)
    found in most species of the genus Rauvolfia as well as Catharanthus roseus. In addition to Southeast Asia, Rauvolfia species have also been found in tropical...
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    1950s, other drugs emerged including corticosteroids for inflammation, rauvolfia alkaloids as tranquilizers and antihypertensives, antihistamines for nasal...
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    Rauvolfia nukuhivensis is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is endemic to Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia. In 1988...
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  • Rauvolfia media grows as a shrub or small tree up to 10 metres (33 ft) tall. Its fragrant flowers feature white to dull yellow corolla lobes. Its habitat...
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    bore into the nuts. Traders sometimes apply an extract of the bark of Rauvolfia vomitoria or the pulverised fruits of Xylopia and Capsicum to counteract...
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    hexamethonium, hydralazine, and reserpine (derived from the medicinal plant Rauvolfia serpentina). None of these were well tolerated. A major breakthrough was...
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    Ajmalicine (category Alkaloids found in Rauvolfia)
    and Sarpan. It is an alkaloid found naturally in various plants such as Rauvolfia spp., Catharanthus roseus, and Mitragyna speciosa. Ajmalicine is structurally...
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    Reserpine (category Alkaloids found in Rauvolfia)
    one of dozens of indole alkaloids isolated from the plant Rauvolfia serpentina. In the Rauvolfia plant, tryptophan is the starting material in the biosynthetic...
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    Rauwolscine (category Alkaloids found in Rauvolfia)
    corynanthidine, is an alkaloid found in various species within the genera Rauvolfia and Corynanthe (including Pausinystalia). It is a stereoisomer of yohimbine...
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  • quebracho-blanco (Ironwood) Rapanea melanophloeos (Laurel-leaved ironwood) Rauvolfia sandwicensis (Hawaiian ironwood) Reynosia septentrionalis, Reynosa latifolia...
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    Apocynaceae (thus an "apocynaceae alkaloid"), including Catharanthus roseus and Rauvolfia serpentina. Vinervine Akuammicine Monforte-González, M; Ayora-Talavera...
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    Rauvolfia mannii grows as a shrub or small tree up to 8 metres (26 ft) tall. Its fragrant flowers feature white to pink or red-brown, or yellow corolla...
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    Ervatamia jasminoides (Kunth) Tsiang Malouetia jasminoides (Kunth) A.DC. Rauvolfia laevigata Roem. & Schult. Tabernaemontana acapulcensis Miers Tabernaemontana...
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    citrus pectin Moxibustion Mulyptol treatment Mushrooms Noni juice Pygeum Rauvolfia serpentina Red clover Saw palmetto Seasilver Soursop Strychnos nux-vomica...
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    (for example, black henbane), fruits or seeds (Strychnine tree), root (Rauvolfia serpentina) or bark (cinchona). Furthermore, different tissues of the...
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    Corynanthine (category Alkaloids found in Rauvolfia)
    Corynanthine, also known as rauhimbine, is an alkaloid found in the Rauvolfia and Corynanthe (including Pausinystalia) genera of plants. It is one of...
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    Tomé and Príncipe, the Gambia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The larvae feed on Rauvolfia vomitoria and Tabernanthe species. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017)...
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    alkaloid first extracted from trees of the species Ochrosia elliptica and Rauvolfia sandwicensis, which inhibits the enzyme topoisomerase II via intercalative...
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