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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5-BETA-6-BETA-EPOXY-14-17-20-TRIHYDROXY-1-OXOWITHA-2-24-DIENOLIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 5-BETA-6-BETA-EPOXY-4-14-17-20-TETRAHYDROXY-1-OXOWITHA-2-24-DIELOLIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 5-DEHYDROXYWITHANOLIDE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 5ALPHA,17ALPHA-(R)-DIHYROXY-6ALPHA,7ALPHA-EPOXY-WITHA-2,24-DIENOLIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 6,7-EPOXY-5,27-DIHYDROXY-1-OXO-2,24-WITHADIENOLIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| 7-BETA-HYDROXYWITHANOLIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALKALOIDS | 0 | Leaf | not available | 900.0 | -0.55 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| ALKALOIDS | 0 | Root | 1300.0 | 4300.0 | -0.71 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| ALPHA-WITHANANINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| ANAFERINE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Willaman, J. J., Li, H. L. 1970. Alkaloid-Bearing Plants and their Contained Alkaloids. 1957-1968. Lloydia 33S: 1-286. |
| ANAHYGRINE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Root | 4.0 | 200.0 | -0.27 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPESTEROL | 2 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHAMASE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| CHLOROGENIC-ACID | 77 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHOLINE | 20 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CUSCOHYGRINE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CYSTEINE | 13 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| PGE2-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Phagocytotic | 2 | Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp. |
| Phospholipase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Phytoalexin | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Phytohormonal | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Plasmodicide | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Poultice | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Preservative | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Proliferant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Propecic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor | 1 | Ibewuike, J. C., Ogungbamila, F. O., Ogundaini, A. O., Okeke, I. N., Bohlin, L. 1997. Antiinflammatory and Antibacterial Activities of C-methylflavonol from Piliostigma thonningii. Phytotherapy Research, 11(4): 281-284. |
| Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor | 1 | Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14. |
| Protisticide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PTK-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Quinone-Reductase-Inducer | 1 | Uda, Y., Price, K. R., Williamson, G., Rhodes, M. J. C. 1997. Induction of the Anticarcinogenic Marker Enzyme, Quinone Reductase, in Murine Hepatoma Cells In Vitro by Flavonoids. Cancer Lett., 120 (2): 213-216. |
| Radioprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Sedative | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Serotoninergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Spermicide | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Sunscreen | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |