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Plant Withania somnifera (Solanaceae)

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Common name(s)
Ashwagandha
How used
Medicinal

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
0 (-)-ANAFERINE Root -- -- -- *
0 1,3,20-TRIHYDROXY-5,24-WITHADIENOLIDE Plant -- -- -- J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
0 14,20R,27-TRIHYDROXY-1-OXO-3,5,24-WITHATRIENOLIDE Plant -- -- -- J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
0 14-ALPHA-HYDROXYWITHANOLIDE Leaf -- -- -- *
0 14-HYDROXY-27-DEOXYWITHAFERIN A Leaf -- 130.0 -- *
0 14-HYDROXYWITHANOLIDE-D Plant -- -- -- J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
0 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYWITHANOLIDE Leaf -- -- -- *
0 17-HYDROXYWITHANOLIDE-D Plant -- -- -- J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
0 2,3-DEHYDROSOMNIFERICIN Plant -- 0.1 -- *
0 2,4-METHYLENE-CHOLESTEROL Tissue Culture -- -- -- *
0 2-3-DIHYDROWITHAFERIN Leaf -- 133.0 -- *
0 2-3-DIHYDROWITHANOLIDE Leaf -- -- -- *
0 20-28-DIHYDROXY-1-OXOWITHA-2-5-8(14)-24-TETRAENOLIDE Plant -- -- -- *
0 24-ETHYLCHOLEST-5-EN-3-BETA-OL Plant -- -- -- *
0 24-ETHYLCHOLESTA-5-(Z)-24(28)-DIEN-3-BETA-OL Plant -- -- -- *
0 24-ETHYLIDENE-CHOLESTEROL Tissue Culture -- -- -- *
0 24-METHYLCHOLESTA-5,24-DIEN-3BETA-OL Plant -- -- -- J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
0 24-METHYLCHOLESTA-5-24(25)-DIEN-3-BETA-OL Plant -- -- -- *
0 27-DEOXYWITHAFERIN Leaf -- -- -- *
0 27-HYDROXYWITHANOLIDE-D Plant -- -- -- J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.