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
QUERCETIN-3-RUTINOSIDE-7-GLUCOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUINIC-ACID	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QURESIMINE-A	0	Plant	not available	0.2	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QURESIMINE-B	0	Plant	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN	87	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLETIN	44	Plant	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
SITOINDOSIDE-IX	4	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SITOINDOSIDE-VII	0	Root	not available	76.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SITOINDOSIDE-VIII	0	Root	not available	24.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SITOINDOSIDE-X	4	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SITOINDOSIDES	4	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.
SOMINOLIDE	0	Plant	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SOMINONE	0	Plant	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SOMNIFERANOLIDE	0	Stem Bark	not available	1400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SOMNIFERAWITHANOLIDE	0	Stem Bark	not available	150.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SOMNIFERIANINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
SOMNIFERICIN	0	Plant	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SOMNIFERINE	2	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.
SOMNIFERININE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SOMNINE	0	Plant	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
Antioxidant	10	Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Antipancreatitic	1	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiperiodontal	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiperistaltic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipermeability	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant	3	Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991.
Antipharyngitic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplaque	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplasmodial	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiplatelet	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiPMS	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipolio	2	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antiprogestational	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiproliferant	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostanoid	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprotozoal	1	Duke, 1992 *