Table 1 Therapeutic properties of Rauvolfia serpentina extracts reported for various diseases. Disease details include simple name of the disease and its broad classification. Citations for disease associations are provided in Additional file 2
From: SerpentinaDB: a database of plant-derived molecules of Rauvolfia serpentina
S. No. | Disease name | Disease type | S. No. | Disease name | Disease type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Cancer | Immunological | 15 | Pneumonia | Pathological |
2 | Leukemia | Immunological | 16 | Asthma | Immunological |
3 | AIDS | Immunological | 17 | Rheumatism | Immunological |
4 | Diabetes mellitus | Digestive | 18 | Anasarca | Epidermal |
5 | Hypolipidemia | Digestive | 19 | Helminthiasis | Pathological: Parasitic |
6 | Alzheimer’s disease | Neurological | 20 | Cholera | Pathological: Bacterial |
7 | Schizophrenia | Neurological | 21 | Cardiac arrhythmia | Circulatory |
8 | Skin cancer | Immunological | 22 | Diarrhea | Pathological |
9 | Prostate cancer | Immunological | 23 | Tachycardia | Circulatory |
10 | Hypertension | Circulatory | 24 | Supraventricular tachysystole | Circulatory |
11 | Fever | Infectious | 25 | Thyrotoxicosis | Immunological |
12 | Insect bite | Infectious | 26 | Allergy | Immunological |
13 | Dysentery | Digestive | 27 | Meningitis | Pathological |
14 | Malaria | Pathological: Parasitic | 28 | Encephalitic psychosis | Pathological |