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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
(-)-ANAFERINE	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,3,20-TRIHYDROXY-5,24-WITHADIENOLIDE	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
14,20R,27-TRIHYDROXY-1-OXO-3,5,24-WITHATRIENOLIDE	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
14-ALPHA-HYDROXYWITHANOLIDE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
14-HYDROXY-27-DEOXYWITHAFERIN A	Leaf	not available	130.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
14-HYDROXYWITHANOLIDE-D	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
17-ALPHA-HYDROXYWITHANOLIDE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
17-HYDROXYWITHANOLIDE-D	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
2,3-DEHYDROSOMNIFERICIN	Plant	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,4-METHYLENE-CHOLESTEROL	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-3-DIHYDROWITHAFERIN	Leaf	not available	133.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-3-DIHYDROWITHANOLIDE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
20-28-DIHYDROXY-1-OXOWITHA-2-5-8(14)-24-TETRAENOLIDE	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
24-ETHYLCHOLEST-5-EN-3-BETA-OL	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
24-ETHYLCHOLESTA-5-(Z)-24(28)-DIEN-3-BETA-OL	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
24-ETHYLIDENE-CHOLESTEROL	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYLCHOLESTA-5,24-DIEN-3BETA-OL	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
24-METHYLCHOLESTA-5-24(25)-DIEN-3-BETA-OL	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
27-DEOXYWITHAFERIN	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
27-HYDROXYWITHANOLIDE-D	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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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
Antihematuric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic	1	Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihemorrhoidal	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotoxic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antihiccup	1	Martindale's 29th
Antihistaminic	4	Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihomocysteine	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihomocystinuric	1	Martindale's 29th
Antihydrophobic	1	Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihypercholesterolemic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertensive	2	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antihyperthyroid	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory	10	Duke, 1992 *
AntiLegionella	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene	2	Duke, 1992 *