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Ajmalicine from Rauwolfia serpentina

It is a common knowledge that plants are useful sources of many valuable medicines. Among these medicines several indole alkaloids can be found, e.g. reserpine and deserpidine from Rauwolfia serpentina ajmalicine and yohimbine from Corynanthe yohimhe vinblastine and vincristine from Catharanthus roseus just to mention a few of them. [Pg.175]

From these observations and the fact that serpentine (244) and ajmalicine [stereoisomer of tetrahydroalstonine (247)] also occur in Rauwolfia serpentina the formula (250) has been proposed for serpentinine. ... [Pg.288]

Ajtnalicine is found in plants belonging to Apocynaceae, namely, Catharanthus roseus, Rauwolfia serpentina, and Rauwolfia vomitoria. Ajmalicine was first isolated from yohimbe bark and is one of the principal alkaloids of Catharanthus roseus and widely used to treat circulatory disorders [6] (Fig. 20.3). Ajmalicine is... [Pg.578]

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