Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Withania somnifera (Solanaceae)

Common Names
Ashwagandha
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(-)-ANAFERINE 0 Root *
1,3,20-TRIHYDROXY-5,24-WITHADIENOLIDE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
14,20R,27-TRIHYDROXY-1-OXO-3,5,24-WITHATRIENOLIDE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
14-ALPHA-HYDROXYWITHANOLIDE 0 Leaf *
14-HYDROXY-27-DEOXYWITHAFERIN A 0 Leaf 130.0 *
14-HYDROXYWITHANOLIDE-D 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
17-ALPHA-HYDROXYWITHANOLIDE 0 Leaf *
17-HYDROXYWITHANOLIDE-D 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
2,3-DEHYDROSOMNIFERICIN 0 Plant 0.1 *
2,4-METHYLENE-CHOLESTEROL 0 Tissue Culture *
2-3-DIHYDROWITHAFERIN 0 Leaf 133.0 *
2-3-DIHYDROWITHANOLIDE 0 Leaf *
20-28-DIHYDROXY-1-OXOWITHA-2-5-8(14)-24-TETRAENOLIDE 0 Plant *
24-ETHYLCHOLEST-5-EN-3-BETA-OL 0 Plant *
24-ETHYLCHOLESTA-5-(Z)-24(28)-DIEN-3-BETA-OL 0 Plant *
24-ETHYLIDENE-CHOLESTEROL 0 Tissue Culture *
24-METHYLCHOLESTA-5,24-DIEN-3BETA-OL 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
24-METHYLCHOLESTA-5-24(25)-DIEN-3-BETA-OL 0 Plant *
27-DEOXYWITHAFERIN 0 Leaf *
27-HYDROXYWITHANOLIDE-D 0 Leaf *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
'Smart-Drug' 2 (View) Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Absorbent 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Addictive 1 (View) *
Adjuvant 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Aggregant 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 5 (View) *
Allelochemic 4 (View) Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allergenic 2 (View) *
Amblyopic 1 (View) ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Analgesic 4 (View) *
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Anesthetic 1 (View) Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Angiogenic 1 (View) *
Anorectic 1 (View) *
Anorexic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th