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Common Names
Ashwagandha
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Estrogenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Estrogenic? | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Febrifuge | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Flatugenic | 1 | Singh, J., Gupta, K., and Arora, S.K. 1993. Changes in the anti-nutritional factors of developing seeds and pod walls of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum L.). Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 46: 77-84, 1994. |
| FLavor | 1 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Fungicide | 5 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glutathionergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Gram(+)icide | 1 | Hutchings, A, Scott, AH, Lewis, G, and Cunningham, A. 1996. Zulu Medicinal Plants. An inventory. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg. 450 pp. |
| Gram(-)icide | 1 | Hutchings, A, Scott, AH, Lewis, G, and Cunningham, A. 1996. Zulu Medicinal Plants. An inventory. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg. 450 pp. |
| Hemostat | 2 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Hepatomagenic | 2 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp. |
| Hepatoprotective | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Herbicide | 2 | 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. |
| Histamine-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| HIV-RT-Inhibitor | 1 | Nakane, H., Fukushima, M., and Ono*, K. Differential Inhibition Of Reverse Transcriptase And Various DNA Polymerases By Digallic Acid And Its Derivatives. Journal of Natural Products, 53(5): 1234-1240, 1990. |
| Hypercholesterolemic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Hyperglycemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypnotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |