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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CYSTINE | 2 | 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. |
| DAUCOSTEROL | 5 | Root | not available | 2.0 | -0.54 | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIHYDROWITHAFERIN A | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DULCITOL | 2 | Root | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| HENTRIACONTANE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| HYDROXYPROLINE | 1 | 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. |
| HYGRINE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| IPURANOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| IPURANOL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| ISOCHLOROGENIC-ACID-C | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOPELLETIERINE | 5 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KNO3 | 0 | Plant | not available | 6000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Seed Oil | not available | 600000.0 | 0.82 | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-HENTRIACONTANE | 3 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NICOTINE | 21 | Root | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| PSEUDOTROPANAOL | 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. |
| PSEUDOTROPINE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PSEUDOWITHANINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| QUERCETIN | 176 | Leaf | not available | not available | 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 * |