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	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
QUERCETIN-3-RUTINOSIDE-7-GLUCOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUINIC-ACID	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QURESIMINE-A	0	Plant	not available	0.2	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QURESIMINE-B	0	Plant	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN	87	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLETIN	44	Plant	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
SITOINDOSIDE-IX	4	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SITOINDOSIDE-VII	0	Root	not available	76.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SITOINDOSIDE-VIII	0	Root	not available	24.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SITOINDOSIDE-X	4	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SITOINDOSIDES	4	Root	not available	not available	not available	Hutchings, A, Scott, AH, Lewis, G, and Cunningham, A. 1996. Zulu Medicinal Plants. An inventory. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg. 450 pp.
SOMINOLIDE	0	Plant	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SOMINONE	0	Plant	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SOMNIFERANOLIDE	0	Stem Bark	not available	1400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SOMNIFERAWITHANOLIDE	0	Stem Bark	not available	150.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SOMNIFERIANINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
SOMNIFERICIN	0	Plant	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SOMNIFERINE	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
SOMNIFERININE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SOMNINE	0	Plant	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