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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Withania somnifera (Solanaceae)

Common Names
Ashwagandha
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CYSTINE 2 Fruit ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
DAUCOSTEROL 5 Root 2.0 -0.54 *
DIHYDROWITHAFERIN A 0 Leaf *
DULCITOL 2 Root ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
HENTRIACONTANE 0 Root ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
HYDROXYPROLINE 1 Fruit ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
HYGRINE 0 Root *
IPURANOL 0 Plant *
IPURANOL 0 Root 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 *
ISOPELLETIERINE 5 Root *
KNO3 0 Plant 6000.0 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Plant *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed Oil 600000.0 0.82 *
N-HENTRIACONTANE 3 Plant *
NICOTINE 21 Root ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PSEUDOTROPANAOL 0 Root 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 *
PSEUDOWITHANINE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
QUERCETIN 176 Leaf *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antieczemic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiedemic 4 *
Antielastase 1 *
Antiencephalitic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antierythemic 1 *
Antiescherichic 1 *
Antiestrogenic 3 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifeedant 7 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifertility 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibrosarcomic 1 *
Antiflu 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antifumitory 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antigastric 1 Rastitel'nye Resursy, 21: 85.
Antigenotoxic 1 *
Antiglaucomic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antigonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigonadotropic 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antigranular 1 *
AntiGTF 1 *