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	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
WITHANOLIDE-D	5	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHANOLIDE-D	5	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHANOLIDE-D	5	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHANOLIDE-E	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHANOLIDE-E	3	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHANOLIDE-G	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHANOLIDE-G	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHANOLIDE-N	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHANOLIDE-O	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHANOLIDE-S	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHANONE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHANONE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHAOXYLACTONE	0	Plant	0.3	0.6	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHASOMINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHASOMNIFERANOLIDE	0	Stem Bark	not available	220.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHASOMNIFERIN A	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHASOMNIFEROL-A	0	Root	not available	1.4	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHASOMNIFEROL-B	0	Root	not available	4.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHASOMNIFEROL-C	0	Root	not available	6.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHASOMNILIDE	0	Stem Bark	not available	270.0	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
Nematistat	1	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
NEP-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Neuroprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Neurotoxic	1	R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
NF-kB-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Nicotinolytic	1	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
NO-Genic	1	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ophthalmic-Antialkali	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor	2	Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Oviposition-Stimulant	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ovulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
P450-Inducer	1	Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
P450-Inhibitor	1	Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
PAF-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Paralytic	1	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Parasympathomimetic	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Perfumery	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Pesticide	11	Duke, 1992 *