Authors : Aishwarya Pillewan1 and Prabhakar Bhandari
Page Nos : 140-143
Description :
Rauvolfia Serpentina has many medicinal uses and therapeutic properties. Serpentina, also called sarpgandha, is a medicinal plant that belongs to the Apocynaceae. Many chemical constituents such as alkaloids are a part of plant. Serpentina contains several key alkaloids, including ajmaline, ajmalimine, deserpidine, indobine, indobinine, reserpine, reserpiline, rescinnamine, rescinnamidine, serpentine, serpentinine and yohimbine. This plant shows antimicrobial, antifungal as well as anti-inflammatory properties. Serpentina is also utilized in the treatment of high blood pressure, mental health conditions, and various other ailments. Staphylococcus aureus is one of the most interactable pathogenic bacteria and it is multi drug resistance to many bacterial species. Staphylococcus aureus, especially Methicilline-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), have a remarkable to global health caused by increasing resistance to antibiotic. This review focuses on identifying and characterizing the effects of Serpentina on multi-drug resistant S. aureus.
