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.
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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.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 1772.