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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27-HYDROXYWITHANOLIDE-D | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| 3-ALPHA-TIGLOYLOXYTROPANE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 3-TIGLOYLHYDROXYTROPANE | 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. |
| 3-TROPYLTIGLOATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 3ALPHA-TIGLOYOXYTROPANE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 4-BETA-20-ALPHA-(R)-DIHYDROXY-1-OXO-5-BETA-6-BETA-EPOXYWITH-2-ENOLIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 500.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 4-BETA-20-ALPHA-DIHYDROXY-1-OXO-5-BETA-6-BETA-EPOXYWITHA-2-24-DIENOLIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 4-BETA-HYDROXY-1-OXO-5-BETA-6-BETA-EPOXYWITH-2-ENOLIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 30.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 4-BETA-HYDROXYWITHANOLIDE | 5 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 4-DEOXYPHYSALOLACTONE | 0 | Shoot | not available | 80.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 4-O-CAFFEOYLQUINIC-ACID | 1 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 5,20ALPHA-(R)-DIHYROXY-6ALPHA,7ALPHA-EPOXY-1-OXO-(5ALPHA)-WITHA-2,24-DIENOLIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 5,24-STIGMASTADIEN-3-OL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| 5,6-EPOXY-20-HYDROXY-1,4-DIOXO-2,24-WITHADIENOLIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| 5,6-EPOXY-20-HYDROXY-1,4-DIOXO-2-WITHENOLIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| 5,6-EPOXY-4,17-DIHYDROXY-1-OXO-2,24-WITHADIENOLIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| 5,6-EPOXY-4,20-DIHYDROXY-1-OXO-2-WITHENOLIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| 5,6-EPOXY-4,20-DIHYDROXY-1-OXO-24-WITHENOLIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| 5-ALPHA-20-ALPHA-(R)-DIHYDROXY-6-ALPHA-7-ALPHA-EPOXY-1-OXOWITHA-2,24-DIENOLIDE | 0 | Root | not available | 180.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 5-ALPHA-27-HYDROXY-6-ALPHA-7-ALPHA-EPOXY-1-OXOWITHA-2,24-DIENOLIDE | 0 | Root | not available | 5.0 | not available | 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 |