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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CYSTINE | 2 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| DAUCOSTEROL | 5 | Root | not available | 2.0 | -0.54 | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIHYDROWITHAFERIN A | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DULCITOL | 2 | 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. |
| HENTRIACONTANE | 0 | 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. |
| HYDROXYPROLINE | 1 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| HYGRINE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| IPURANOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| IPURANOL | 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. |
| ISOCHLOROGENIC-ACID-C | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOPELLETIERINE | 5 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KNO3 | 0 | Plant | not available | 6000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Seed Oil | not available | 600000.0 | 0.82 | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-HENTRIACONTANE | 3 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NICOTINE | 21 | 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. |
| PSEUDOTROPANAOL | 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. |
| PSEUDOTROPINE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PSEUDOWITHANINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| QUERCETIN | 176 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | 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 * |