Images in psychiatry. Rauwolfia serpentina: the first herbal antipsychotic -

Can someone access the article?

I read in google that its a plant that contains antipsychotic chemicals/alkaloids.

The isolated alkaloids, 3-6 could serve as a promising lead structure for drug development of treating psychotic conditions in human.

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That’s pretty cool. I read somewhere that ninety percent of our medications come from trees and plants

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Rauwolfia contains reserpine, which depletes neuronal stores of dopamine.

-Albert.

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