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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOMNIROL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SOMNISOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| SOMNITOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SOMNIWITHANOLIDE | 0 | Stem Bark | not available | 1500.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STARCH | 5 | 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. |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SUCROSE | 14 | Root | not available | 1000.0 | -1.25 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| TROPANAOL | 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. |
| TROPINE | 1 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VISAMINE | 3 | 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. |
| WITHACNISTIN | 1 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WITHAFERIN | 7 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WITHAFERIN-A | 15 | Leaf | 400.0 | 8600.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WITHAFERIN-A | 15 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WITHAFERIN-A | 15 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WITHAFERIN-A | 15 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WITHAFERINE | 0 | Leaf | 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. |
| WITHAFERINIL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | 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. |