An official website of the United States government.
Common Names
Ashwagandha
How this plant is used
Medicinal
Select a Results View:
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WITHAFERINOL A | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WITHAFERINS | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| WITHALACTONE | 0 | Plant | not available | 0.3 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WITHANANINE | 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. |
| WITHANIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WITHANICANDRIN | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WITHANINE | 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. |
| WITHANIOL | 0 | Root | not available | 800.0 | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| WITHANOLIDE F | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WITHANOLIDE H | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WITHANOLIDE I | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WITHANOLIDE J | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WITHANOLIDE K | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WITHANOLIDE L | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WITHANOLIDE M | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WITHANOLIDE P | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WITHANOLIDE Q | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WITHANOLIDE R | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WITHANOLIDE WS-1 | 0 | Seed | not available | 23.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WITHANOLIDE-D | 5 | Leaf | 500.0 | 3000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antieczemic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiedemic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antielastase | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiencephalitic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199. |
| Antierythemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiescherichic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiGTF | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |