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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Withania somnifera (Solanaceae)

Common Names
Ashwagandha
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
27-HYDROXYWITHANOLIDE-D 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
3-ALPHA-TIGLOYLOXYTROPANE 0 Root *
3-TIGLOYLHYDROXYTROPANE 0 Root Hutchings, A, Scott, AH, Lewis, G, and Cunningham, A. 1996. Zulu
Medicinal Plants. An inventory. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg. 450 pp.
3-TROPYLTIGLOATE 0 Root *
3ALPHA-TIGLOYOXYTROPANE 0 Root *
4-BETA-20-ALPHA-(R)-DIHYDROXY-1-OXO-5-BETA-6-BETA-EPOXYWITH-2-ENOLIDE 0 Leaf 500.0 *
4-BETA-20-ALPHA-DIHYDROXY-1-OXO-5-BETA-6-BETA-EPOXYWITHA-2-24-DIENOLIDE 0 Leaf *
4-BETA-HYDROXY-1-OXO-5-BETA-6-BETA-EPOXYWITH-2-ENOLIDE 0 Leaf 30.0 *
4-BETA-HYDROXYWITHANOLIDE 5 Leaf *
4-DEOXYPHYSALOLACTONE 0 Shoot 80.0 *
4-O-CAFFEOYLQUINIC-ACID 1 Leaf *
5,20ALPHA-(R)-DIHYROXY-6ALPHA,7ALPHA-EPOXY-1-OXO-(5ALPHA)-WITHA-2,24-DIENOLIDE 0 Plant *
5,24-STIGMASTADIEN-3-OL 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
5,6-EPOXY-20-HYDROXY-1,4-DIOXO-2,24-WITHADIENOLIDE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
5,6-EPOXY-20-HYDROXY-1,4-DIOXO-2-WITHENOLIDE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
5,6-EPOXY-4,17-DIHYDROXY-1-OXO-2,24-WITHADIENOLIDE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
5,6-EPOXY-4,20-DIHYDROXY-1-OXO-2-WITHENOLIDE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
5,6-EPOXY-4,20-DIHYDROXY-1-OXO-24-WITHENOLIDE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
5-ALPHA-20-ALPHA-(R)-DIHYDROXY-6-ALPHA-7-ALPHA-EPOXY-1-OXOWITHA-2,24-DIENOLIDE 0 Root 180.0 *
5-ALPHA-27-HYDROXY-6-ALPHA-7-ALPHA-EPOXY-1-OXOWITHA-2,24-DIENOLIDE 0 Root 5.0 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cancer-Preventive 8 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 2 Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Capillariprotective 2 Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic 2 Science News, 146: 421.
Cardiodepressant 1 *
Cardioprotective 1 *
Cardiovascular 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 *
Catabolic 2 *
Cerebrotonic 1 *
Chemopreventive 2 *
Cholagogue 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 3 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Cholinergic 2 *
Clastogenic 1 Friedman, M. and Dao, L. 1990. Effect of Autoclaving and Conventional and Microwave Baking on the Ergot Alkaloid and Chlorogenic Acid Contents of Morning Glory (Ipomoea tricolor Cav. cv.) Heavenly Blue Seeds. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 805-808.
CNS-Active 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant 2 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CNS-Stimulant 2 *
Collagen-Sparing 1 *
Collyrium 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.