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	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 *

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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