Rauvolfia Alkaloids—Sources, Therapeutic Value, and Enzyme Detection

RAUVOLFIA ALKALOIDS—SOURCES, THERAPEUTIC VALUE, AND ENZYME DETECTION 

The previous pioneering work by Court and coworkers resulted in the most comprehensive phytochemical analysis of Rauvolfia species. For instance, during their work on 10 mainland African species, 133 individual indole alkaloids were identified. Moreover, recently eight new indole alkaloids have been isolated from Rauvolfia species of mainland China and the structures of them were identified by Liu and colleagues. Seven novel indole alkaloids from the leaves and twigs of Rauvoffia verticillata were also identified.  

During the recent decades, attempts were made to detect novel biological and pharmacological activities of alkaloids from the genus Rauvolfia. The results demonstrated that ajmaline and derivatives interact with ion 

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