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Plant Withania somnifera (Solanaceae)

Common Names
Ashwagandha
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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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
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.