RESERPINE


Meaning of RESERPINE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ri-ˈsər-ˌpēn, -pən ]

noun

Etymology: German Reserpin, probably irregular from New Latin Rauwolfia serpentina, a species of rauwolfia

Date: 1952

: an alkaloid C 33 H 40 N 2 O 9 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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