reserpine

reserpine
noun Etymology: German Reserpin, probably irregular from New Latin Rauwolfia serpentina, a species of rauwolfia Date: 1952 an alkaloid C33H40N2O9 extracted especially from the root of rauwolfias and used as a tranquilizer especially in psychotic states (as schizophrenia) and as an antihypertensive

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  • Réserpine — Général Nom IUPAC 11,17α diméthoxy 18β (3,4,5 triméthoxybenzoyloxy) 3β,20α yohimban 16β carboxylate de méthyle ou (1R,15S,17R,18R,19S,20S) 6,18 diméthoxy 17 [(3,4,5 triméthoxyphenyl)carbonyloxy] 3,13 d …   Wikipédia en Français

  • reserpine — [ri sʉr′pin, ri sʉr′pēn; res′ər pēn΄] n. [Ger reserpin, prob. arbitrary contr. < ModL Rauwolfia serpentina + Ger in, INE3] a crystalline alkaloid, C33H40N2O9, extracted from the root of various rauwolfias (esp. Rauwolfia serpentina), used in… …   English World dictionary

  • 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

  • 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 — 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 — noun An alkaloid, isolated from the snakeroot plant, that is used as an antipsychotic and antihypertensive drug …   Wiktionary

  • 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

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