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
Antileukotriene-D4	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotrienogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial	2	Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antimanic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimelanogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimelanomic	3	J. Ethnopharmacology, 32: 117.
Antimenorrhagic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antimitotic	1	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
AntiMS	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antimutagenic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antimyocarditic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antinephritic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinesidioblastosic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antinitrosaminic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antinociceptive	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiophidic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiophthalmic	2	Martindale's 28th