Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Reserpine induced parkinsonism, a hidden threat of herbal medicine

  • Letter to the Editor
  • Published:
Neurological Sciences Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1

Data availability

Not applicable.

References

  1. Cheung M, Parmar M (2022) Reserpine. In: StatPearls. StatPearls Publishing

  2. Ryan JJ, Hanes DA, Corroon J, Taylor J, Bradley R (2019) Prospective Safety Evaluation of a cardiovascular health dietary supplement in adults with prehypertension and stage I hypertension. J Altern Complement Med 25(2):249–256. https://doi.org/10.1089/acm.2018.0311

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  3. Mallett V, Ross JP, Alcalay RN, Ambalavanan A, Sidransky E, Dion PA, Rouleau GA, Gan-Or Z (2016) GBA p T369M substitution in Parkinson disease: polymorphism or association? A meta-analysis. Neurol Genet 2(5):e104. https://doi.org/10.1212/NXG.0000000000000104

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  4. Tandon PN (2021) Indian Rauwolfia research led to the evolution of neuropsychopharmacology & the 2000 Nobel Prize (Part II). Indian J Med Res 154(1):169–174. https://doi.org/10.4103/ijmr.ijmr_1674_21

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  5. Srivastava A, Tripathi AK, Pandey R, Verma RK, Gupta MM (2006) Quantitative determination of reserpine, ajmaline, and ajmalicine in Rauvolfia serpentina by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography. J Chromatogr Sci 44(9):557–560. https://doi.org/10.1093/chromsci/44.9.557

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  6. Carlsson A, Lindqvist M, Magnusson T (1957) 3,4-Dihydroxyphenylalanine and 5-hydroxytryptophan as reserpine antagonists. Nature 180(4596):1200. https://doi.org/10.1038/1801200a0

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  7. Fahn S (2021) What is the most important and impactful paper related to movement disorder therapy published in the 20th century? Mov Disord Clin Pract 8(7):993–996. https://doi.org/10.1002/mdc3.13337

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Operative Research Unit of of Neurology, Neurophysiology and Neurobiology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 200, 00128, Rome, Italy

    Massimo Marano

  2. Research Unit of Neurology, Neurophysiology and Neurobiology; Department of Medicine, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Via Alvaro del Portillo 21, 00128, Rome, Italy

    Massimo Marano

Authors
  1. Massimo Marano
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Massimo Marano.

Ethics declarations

Ethical approval and Informed consent

The Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico Research Ethics Committee has confirmed that no ethical approval is required. An informed consent has been provided by any recognizable subject.

Conflict of interest

The author declares no competing interests

Additional information

Publisher's note

Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Marano, M. Reserpine induced parkinsonism, a hidden threat of herbal medicine. Neurol Sci 44, 1425–1427 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-022-06578-8

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-022-06578-8

Search

Navigation