"Ajmaline" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An alkaloid found in the root of RAUWOLFIA SERPENTINA, among other plant sources. It is a class Ia antiarrhythmic agent that apparently acts by changing the shape and threshold of cardiac action potentials.
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D000404
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.132.436.681.077 D03.633.100.473.402.681.077
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ajmaline" by people in Profiles.
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Antiarrhythmic drug therapy. Recent advances and current status. Cardiology. 1985; 72(5-6):329-48.
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New directions in antiarrhythmic drug therapy. Am J Cardiol. 1984 Aug 13; 54(4):8B-17B.