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Plant Withania somnifera (Solanaceae)

Common Names
Ashwagandha
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
QUERCETIN-3-RUTINOSIDE-7-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUINIC-ACID 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QURESIMINE-A 0 Plant not available 0.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
QURESIMINE-B 0 Plant not available 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN 87 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLETIN 44 Plant not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
SITOINDOSIDE-IX 4 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SITOINDOSIDE-VII 0 Root not available 76.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SITOINDOSIDE-VIII 0 Root not available 24.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SITOINDOSIDE-X 4 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SITOINDOSIDES 4 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.
SOMINOLIDE 0 Plant not available 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
SOMINONE 0 Plant not available 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
SOMNIFERANOLIDE 0 Stem Bark not available 1400.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SOMNIFERAWITHANOLIDE 0 Stem Bark not available 150.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SOMNIFERIANINE 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
SOMNIFERICIN 0 Plant not available 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
SOMNIFERINE 2 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.
SOMNIFERININE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SOMNINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticholinergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antichoreic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticirrhotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticlastogen 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticomplementary 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Anticoronary 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AntiCrohn's 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiCVI 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticystinuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticystitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticytotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidementia 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antidepressant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidermatitic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antidiabetic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antidote (Iodine) 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antidyskinetic 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiEBV 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.