Reserpine

In Vitro Propagation of Rauwolfia serpentina Using Liquid Medium, Assessment of Genetic Fidelity of Micropropagated Plants, and Simultaneous Quantitat

Rauwolfia serpentina holds an important position in the pharmaceutical world because of its immense anti-hypertensive properties resulting from the presence of reserpine in the oleoresin fraction of the roots

Drug Effects on Behaviors Maintained by Electrical Brain Stimulation

). An immediate convergence with the coincidentally emerging field of psychopharmacology was achieved by Olds, who described for the first time the now classical finding that chlorpromazine and reserpine attenuate ICSS behavior (Olds et al., 1956 148 ).

萝芙木碱 rauwolfia

从实竹桃科的印度萝芙木（Rauvolfia serPenti-na）根部提取出来的物质，有降血压和镇静作用，约包括 8种生物碱。利血平（ reserpine）是其代表。主要药理作用是对中枢神经系统的安定作用，以及对植物神经系统。特别对交感神经系统的抑制或者阻断作用。利用这种安定作用和条件回避反应抑制作用可作精神病的治疗药物使用，使释放出肾腺能神经的递质，而作为其结果的肾脏能神经的兴奋传递受到阻断，故可作降压剂使用。