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Planta Med 1976; 29(3): 226-233
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1097655
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INVESTIGATION OF STRYCHNOS SPP. – IV. Pharmacological Studies of Alkaloids of Strychnos potatorum1

H. Singh, K. V. Kapoor
  • Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
1 For part III, see SINGH, H., KAPOOR, V. K. and MANHAS, M. S.: Planta Medica 28, 391 (1975).
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13 January 2009 (online)

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Abstract

Pharmacological studies of the total alkaloids isolated from the seeds, bark and leaves of Strychnos potatorum Linn, have been carried out. The alkaloids possess convulsant and marked hypotensive actions and also exhibit depressant effect on isolated heart. Diaboline, the major alkaloid, has also shown a potent hypotensive effect.