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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Withania somnifera (Solanaceae)

Common Names
Ashwagandha
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
SOMNIROL 0 Plant *
SOMNISOL 0 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
SOMNITOL 0 Plant *
SOMNIWITHANOLIDE 0 Stem Bark 1500.0 *
STARCH 5 Root ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
STEARIC-ACID 8 Plant *
STIGMASTEROL 12 Plant *
STIGMASTEROL 12 Tissue Culture *
SUCROSE 14 Root 1000.0 -1.25 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
TROPANAOL 0 Root Hutchings, A, Scott, AH, Lewis, G, and Cunningham, A. 1996. Zulu
Medicinal Plants. An inventory. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg. 450 pp.
TROPINE 1 Root *
VISAMINE 3 Root ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
WITHACNISTIN 1 Leaf *
WITHAFERIN 7 Leaf *
WITHAFERIN-A 15 Leaf 400.0 8600.0 *
WITHAFERIN-A 15 Plant *
WITHAFERIN-A 15 Root *
WITHAFERIN-A 15 Shoot *
WITHAFERINE 0 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
WITHAFERINIL 0 Plant *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antipsoriac 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipurpuric 1 *
Antipyretic 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Antiradicular 3 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.
Antisarcomic 1 J. Ethnopharmacology, 32: 117.
Antiseptic 4 *
Antispasmodic 4 =ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp
Antisteatotic 1 *
Antistreptococcic 1 *
Antistress 3 Hutchings, A, Scott, AH, Lewis, G, and Cunningham, A. 1996. Zulu
Medicinal Plants. An inventory. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg. 450 pp.
Antisunburn 2 *
Antithiamin 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic 1 *
Antithrombogenic 1 *
Antithyroid 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antitrypanosomic 2 Planta Medica, 57: A44, 1991.
Antitumor 12 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antitumor (Bladder) 1 *
Antitumor (Breast) 3 J. Ethnopharmacology, 32: 117.
Antitumor (Cervix) 1 *