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	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
(-)-ANAFERINE	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,3,20-TRIHYDROXY-5,24-WITHADIENOLIDE	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
14,20R,27-TRIHYDROXY-1-OXO-3,5,24-WITHATRIENOLIDE	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
14-ALPHA-HYDROXYWITHANOLIDE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
14-HYDROXY-27-DEOXYWITHAFERIN A	Leaf	not available	130.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
14-HYDROXYWITHANOLIDE-D	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
17-ALPHA-HYDROXYWITHANOLIDE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
17-HYDROXYWITHANOLIDE-D	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
2,3-DEHYDROSOMNIFERICIN	Plant	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,4-METHYLENE-CHOLESTEROL	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-3-DIHYDROWITHAFERIN	Leaf	not available	133.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-3-DIHYDROWITHANOLIDE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
20-28-DIHYDROXY-1-OXOWITHA-2-5-8(14)-24-TETRAENOLIDE	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
24-ETHYLCHOLEST-5-EN-3-BETA-OL	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
24-ETHYLCHOLESTA-5-(Z)-24(28)-DIEN-3-BETA-OL	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
24-ETHYLIDENE-CHOLESTEROL	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYLCHOLESTA-5,24-DIEN-3BETA-OL	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
24-METHYLCHOLESTA-5-24(25)-DIEN-3-BETA-OL	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
27-DEOXYWITHAFERIN	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
27-HYDROXYWITHANOLIDE-D	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
Lipotropic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	3	Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lubricant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
MAO-A-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
MAO-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Memorigenic	2	Hutchings, A, Scott, AH, Lewis, G, and Cunningham, A. 1996. Zulu Medicinal Plants. An inventory. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg. 450 pp.
Metal-Chelator	1	McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Metal-Chelator (Copper)	1	Seidel, V., Verholle, M., Malard, Y., Tillequin, F., Fruchart, J-C., Duriez, P., Bailleul, F., Teissier, E. 2000. Phenylpropanoids from Ballota nigra L. Inhibit in vitro LDL Peroxidation. Phytotherapy Research, 14(2): 93-98.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Metastatic	1	Science News, 146: 421.
MMP-9-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Musculotropic	1	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Mutagenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Mydriatic	1	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Myoprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Narcotic	1	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Nematicide	1	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.