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Plant Withania somnifera (Solanaceae)

Common Names
Ashwagandha
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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Chemical Name Sort descending Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(-)-ANAFERINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1,3,20-TRIHYDROXY-5,24-WITHADIENOLIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
14,20R,27-TRIHYDROXY-1-OXO-3,5,24-WITHATRIENOLIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
14-ALPHA-HYDROXYWITHANOLIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
14-HYDROXY-27-DEOXYWITHAFERIN A 0 Leaf not available 130.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
14-HYDROXYWITHANOLIDE-D 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
17-ALPHA-HYDROXYWITHANOLIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
17-HYDROXYWITHANOLIDE-D 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
2,3-DEHYDROSOMNIFERICIN 0 Plant not available 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
2,4-METHYLENE-CHOLESTEROL 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-3-DIHYDROWITHAFERIN 0 Leaf not available 133.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-3-DIHYDROWITHANOLIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
20-28-DIHYDROXY-1-OXOWITHA-2-5-8(14)-24-TETRAENOLIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
24-ETHYLCHOLEST-5-EN-3-BETA-OL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
24-ETHYLCHOLESTA-5-(Z)-24(28)-DIEN-3-BETA-OL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
24-ETHYLIDENE-CHOLESTEROL 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYLCHOLESTA-5,24-DIEN-3BETA-OL 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
24-METHYLCHOLESTA-5-24(25)-DIEN-3-BETA-OL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
27-DEOXYWITHAFERIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
27-HYDROXYWITHANOLIDE-D 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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