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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hypocholesterolemic | 6 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| Hypoglycemic | 5 | Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989. |
| Hypolipidemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypotensive | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypothermic | 1 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| Ileorelaxant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunomodulator | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Immunostimulant | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunosuppressant | 3 | Hutchings, A, Scott, AH, Lewis, G, and Cunningham, A. 1996. Zulu Medicinal Plants. An inventory. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg. 450 pp. |
| iNOS-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Inotropic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insecticide | 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. |
| Insectifuge | 2 | Tunon, H., Thorsell, W., and Bohlin, L. 1993. Mosquito Repelling Activity of Compounds Occurring in Achillea millefolium L. (Asteraceae). Economic Botany 48(2): 111-120, 1994. |
| Insectiphile | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Insulinogenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Interferonogenic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124. |
| Juvabional | 3 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Larvistat | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Laxative | 1 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| Leukotriene-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |