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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| 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 * |