Reserpine, Rauwolfia

Reserpine
Product
Name : Rauwolfia Vomitori
Latin
name: Rauwolfia VomitoriaCommon
name: Reserpine, Rauwolfia, Serpentwood, SarpagandhPlant
part used: Root
Standardized
For: 99% purityApplication:
Anti-hypertension agent, Stress management












Introduction


Reserpine is extracted
from the root of Rauwolfia serpentina or Rauwolfia vomitoria, plants
found in India and Africa. Reserpine was the first drug found to
interfere with the human sympathetic nervous system, and it initiated
the effective pharmacotherapeutic control of hypertension. Reserpine
is a naturally occurring drug that has been used for centuries in
ancient India.



Reserpine is an
anti-adrenergic drug. Reserpine is a Postganglionic sympathetic nerve
terminal blocker. Reserpine reduces the cardiac output by negative
isotropic effect and negative chronotropic effect. Similarly by
reducing sympathetic activity to blood vessels, Reserpine relaxes
capacitance vessels and reduces total peripheral resistance




Uses
of Reserpine


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