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
WITHAFERINOL A	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHAFERINS	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
WITHALACTONE	0	Plant	not available	0.3	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHANANINE	0	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.
WITHANIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHANICANDRIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHANINE	0	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.
WITHANIOL	0	Root	not available	800.0	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
WITHANOLIDE F	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHANOLIDE H	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHANOLIDE I	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHANOLIDE J	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHANOLIDE K	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHANOLIDE L	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHANOLIDE M	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHANOLIDE P	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHANOLIDE Q	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHANOLIDE R	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHANOLIDE WS-1	0	Seed	not available	23.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHANOLIDE-D	5	Leaf	500.0	3000.0	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