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
WITHANOLIDE-D	5	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHANOLIDE-D	5	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHANOLIDE-D	5	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHANOLIDE-E	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHANOLIDE-E	3	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHANOLIDE-G	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHANOLIDE-G	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHANOLIDE-N	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHANOLIDE-O	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHANOLIDE-S	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHANONE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHANONE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHAOXYLACTONE	0	Plant	0.3	0.6	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHASOMINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHASOMNIFERANOLIDE	0	Stem Bark	not available	220.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHASOMNIFERIN A	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHASOMNIFEROL-A	0	Root	not available	1.4	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHASOMNIFEROL-B	0	Root	not available	4.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHASOMNIFEROL-C	0	Root	not available	6.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHASOMNILIDE	0	Stem Bark	not available	270.0	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