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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27-HYDROXYWITHANOLIDE-D | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| 3-ALPHA-TIGLOYLOXYTROPANE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 3-TIGLOYLHYDROXYTROPANE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Hutchings, A, Scott, AH, Lewis, G, and Cunningham, A. 1996. Zulu Medicinal Plants. An inventory. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg. 450 pp. |
| 3-TROPYLTIGLOATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 3ALPHA-TIGLOYOXYTROPANE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 4-BETA-20-ALPHA-(R)-DIHYDROXY-1-OXO-5-BETA-6-BETA-EPOXYWITH-2-ENOLIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 500.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 4-BETA-20-ALPHA-DIHYDROXY-1-OXO-5-BETA-6-BETA-EPOXYWITHA-2-24-DIENOLIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 4-BETA-HYDROXY-1-OXO-5-BETA-6-BETA-EPOXYWITH-2-ENOLIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 30.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 4-BETA-HYDROXYWITHANOLIDE | 5 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 4-DEOXYPHYSALOLACTONE | 0 | Shoot | not available | 80.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 4-O-CAFFEOYLQUINIC-ACID | 1 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 5,20ALPHA-(R)-DIHYROXY-6ALPHA,7ALPHA-EPOXY-1-OXO-(5ALPHA)-WITHA-2,24-DIENOLIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 5,24-STIGMASTADIEN-3-OL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| 5,6-EPOXY-20-HYDROXY-1,4-DIOXO-2,24-WITHADIENOLIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| 5,6-EPOXY-20-HYDROXY-1,4-DIOXO-2-WITHENOLIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| 5,6-EPOXY-4,17-DIHYDROXY-1-OXO-2,24-WITHADIENOLIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| 5,6-EPOXY-4,20-DIHYDROXY-1-OXO-2-WITHENOLIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| 5,6-EPOXY-4,20-DIHYDROXY-1-OXO-24-WITHENOLIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| 5-ALPHA-20-ALPHA-(R)-DIHYDROXY-6-ALPHA-7-ALPHA-EPOXY-1-OXOWITHA-2,24-DIENOLIDE | 0 | Root | not available | 180.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 5-ALPHA-27-HYDROXY-6-ALPHA-7-ALPHA-EPOXY-1-OXOWITHA-2,24-DIENOLIDE | 0 | Root | not available | 5.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Suppository | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Sweetener | 3 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| Teratologic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TNF-alpha-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Toxic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Tranquilizer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Triglycerigenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Tumorigenic | 1 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Tyrosinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170. |
| Ubiquiot | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Ulcerogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Uricogenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Uterosedative | 1 | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| Vasodilator | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vasopressor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| VEGF-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vulnerary | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |