Universal-Lexikon. 2012.
rauwolfia — noun 1. any of several alkaloids extracted from the shrub Rauwolfia serpentina • Hypernyms: ↑alkaloid • Substance Holonyms: ↑reserpine, ↑Raudixin, ↑Rau Sed, ↑Sandril, ↑Serpasil 2. any shrub or small tree of the genus Rauwolfia … Useful english dictionary
Rauwolfia serpentina — Indische Schlangenwurzel Indische Schlangenwurzel (Rauvolfia sandwicensis) Systematik Ordnung: Enzianartige … Deutsch Wikipedia
Indol-Alkaloid — In|dol Al|ka|lo|id: Sammelbez. für Alkaloide, deren Konstitution sich formal von Indol bzw. dessen kondensierten Derivaten Carbazol, Carbolin usw. ableiten lässt, z. B. Reserpin u. a. Rauwolfia Alkaloide, Yohimbin, Strychnin, Curare, Vincamin u.… … Universal-Lexikon
ATC code C02 — A section of the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System.C Cardiovascular system =C02A Antiadrenergic agents, centrally acting= C02AA Rauwolfia alkaloids:C02AA01 Rescinnamine:C02AA02 Reserpine:C02AA03 Combinations of rauwolfia… … Wikipedia
chlorpromazine — /klawr prom euh zeen , klohr /, n. a grayish white, crystalline powder, C17H19ClN2S, derived from phenothiazine, used chiefly to inhibit nausea and vomiting and as a major tranquilizer in the management of schizophrenia and related psychoses.… … Universalium
reserpine — Alkaloid derived from Rauwolfia ; blocks the packaging of noradrenaline in to presynaptic vesicles. Useful experimental tool to determine the involvement of sympathetic innervation … Dictionary of molecular biology
reserpine — An ester alkaloid isolated from the root of certain species of Rauwolfia; it decreases the 5 hydroxytryptamine and catecholamine concentrations in the central nervous system and in peripheral tissues; used in conjunction with other hypotensive… … Medical dictionary
deserpidine — Ester alkaloid isolated from Rauwolfia canescens (family Apocynaceae) with the same actions and uses as reserpine. * * * de·ser·pi·dine di sər pə .dēn n an alkaloid C32H38N2O8 obtained from a plant of the genus Rauwolfia (R. canescens) that is… … Medical dictionary
Reserpine, an Early Psychiatry Drug — (from 1954) Although Ayurvedic practitioners in India had used the roots of the Rauwolfia plant for centuries in the treatment of mental illness, it was only in the early 1950s that the drug became part of the revolution in… … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
reserpine — /res euhr pin, peen , reuh serr pin, peen/, n. Pharm. an alkaloid, C33H40N2O9, obtained from the root of the rauwolfia, Rauwolfia serpentina, used in the treatment of hypertension. [1950 55; < G Reserpin, equiv. to reserp (prob. irreg. < NL… … Universalium
