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An amorphous alkaloid present in Rauwolfia canescens and R. serpentina, the alkaloid forms several crystalline salts and derivatives including the hydrochloride, m.p. 205-7°C; [α]²⁴_D - 40° (c 0.44, EtOH); the tartrate, m.p. 190- 2°C; [α]²⁰_D - 50° (c 1.0, H20); the oxalate, m.p. 252°C; [α]²⁰_D - 4° (c 0.2, aqueous EtOH); the picrate, m.p. 173°C and the di-p-toluyl-L-tartrate, m.p. 194- 5° C (dec.).

ChEBI: Reserpiline is a yohimban alkaloid.

Store at -20°C

Klohs et al., Chem. & Ind., 1264 (1954)
Stoll, Hoffmann, Brunner., Helv. Chim. Acta, 38,270 (1955)
Shamma, Richey., J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 85,2507 (1963)