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Rauwolfia serpentina

CAS 8063-17-0

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Rauwolfia serpentina in plain language

What it is

Also known as Alseroxylon · Rauwolfia · Rauvolfia serpentina root · Rauwolfia serpentina root · Rauwolfia serpentina alseroxylon · Rauwolfia serpentina root extract

Show all 31 names

Rauwolfia alkaloids · Devilpepper root · Indian snakeroot root · Ophioxylon majus root · Ophioxylon serpentinum root · Rauwolfia preparation · Rauwolfia root · Rauwolfiae radix · Sarpagandha · Serpentine wood root · Serpentwood root · She gen mu root · Shegen mu root · Snakeroot · Yindu she mu root · Yindu shemu root · Austrawolf · Egalin · Galin · Gendon · Ra-valeas · Raudixin · Rautensin · Rauwiloid · Rivadescin

What it does

We don't have a plain-language description for Rauwolfia serpentina yet.

Is it a concern?
We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet.

What we know about this ingredient

FDA GSRS classifies this ingredient as ingredient substance structurallydiverse.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Rauwolfia serpentina appears in these published regulatory listings.

  • USFDAlisted in openFDA substance2 entries
    • openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as structurallydiverse.Source →
    • openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as concept.Source →

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Rauwolfia serpentina yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

2 data sources

Where this comes from

  • FDA GSRS UNII

    registry · updated 2026-02-26

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  • openFDA Substance

    registry · updated 2026-05-24

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Suitability

Context-specific fit derived from published classifications and the current ingredient evidence profile.

Fragrance avoidance

Nothing to weigh for this context yet.

No signal in this context

We have no published hazard signal for this ingredient, so we cannot say how it behaves in this context — that is missing evidence, not a clean result.

Catalog

Found in these products

Their ingredient lists include Rauwolfia serpentina; each product's own rating depends on its whole formula, so it is shown on the product page, not here.