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
CYSTINE	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
DAUCOSTEROL	5	Root	not available	2.0	-0.54	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROWITHAFERIN A	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DULCITOL	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
HENTRIACONTANE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
HYDROXYPROLINE	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
HYGRINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IPURANOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IPURANOL	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.
ISOCHLOROGENIC-ACID-C	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOPELLETIERINE	5	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KNO3	0	Plant	not available	6000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed Oil	not available	600000.0	0.82	Duke, 1992 *
N-HENTRIACONTANE	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NICOTINE	21	Root	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PSEUDOTROPANAOL	0	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.
PSEUDOTROPINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PSEUDOWITHANINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
QUERCETIN	176	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
ANS-Paralytic	1	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
ANS-Stimulant	1	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Antiacne	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiAddisonian	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenocarcinomic	1	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Antiadenomic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiadrenergic	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Antiaflatoxin	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 333.
Antiaging	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic	2	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antialopecic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic	2	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiangiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiapoplectic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.