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Antihypertensive consisting of an alkaloid extracted from the plant Rauwolfia serpentina (trade names Raudixin or Rau-Sed or Sandril or Serpasil)
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reserpine
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n. (context organic compound English) An alkaloid, isolated from the snakeroot plant, that is used as an antipsychotic and antihypertensive drug
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n. antihypertensive consisting of an alkaloid extracted from the plant Rauwolfia serpentina (trade names Raudixin or Rau-Sed or Sandril or Serpasil) [syn: Raudixin , Rau-Sed , Sandril , Serpasil ]
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Reserpine (also known by trade names Raudixin , Serpalan , Serpasil ) is an indole alkaloid , antipsychotic , and antihypertensive drug that has been used for the control of high blood pressure and for the relief of psychotic symptoms, although because ...
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The first tranquillizer to be introduced to the medical world (in 1954) was reserpine, a natural alkaloid found in the dried roots of a shrub from India.
It seemed significant that part of the complex molecular structure of reserpine consisted of the two-ring combination present in serotonin.