Plant Withania somnifera (Solanaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Ashwagandha

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
(-)-ANAFERINE	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,3,20-TRIHYDROXY-5,24-WITHADIENOLIDE	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	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
14-ALPHA-HYDROXYWITHANOLIDE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
14-HYDROXY-27-DEOXYWITHAFERIN A	Leaf	not available	130.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
14-HYDROXYWITHANOLIDE-D	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
17-ALPHA-HYDROXYWITHANOLIDE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
17-HYDROXYWITHANOLIDE-D	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
2,3-DEHYDROSOMNIFERICIN	Plant	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,4-METHYLENE-CHOLESTEROL	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-3-DIHYDROWITHAFERIN	Leaf	not available	133.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-3-DIHYDROWITHANOLIDE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
20-28-DIHYDROXY-1-OXOWITHA-2-5-8(14)-24-TETRAENOLIDE	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
24-ETHYLCHOLEST-5-EN-3-BETA-OL	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
24-ETHYLCHOLESTA-5-(Z)-24(28)-DIEN-3-BETA-OL	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
24-ETHYLIDENE-CHOLESTEROL	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYLCHOLESTA-5,24-DIEN-3BETA-OL	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	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
27-DEOXYWITHAFERIN	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
27-HYDROXYWITHANOLIDE-D	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
'Smart-Drug'	2	Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Absorbent	1	Martindale's 29th
Addictive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Adjuvant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Aggregant	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	5	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	4	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	Duke, 1992 *
Amblyopic	1	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Analgesic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Angiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anorectic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	1	Martindale's 28th