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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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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(-)-ANAFERINE 0 Root *
1,3,20-TRIHYDROXY-5,24-WITHADIENOLIDE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
14,20R,27-TRIHYDROXY-1-OXO-3,5,24-WITHATRIENOLIDE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
14-ALPHA-HYDROXYWITHANOLIDE 0 Leaf *
14-HYDROXY-27-DEOXYWITHAFERIN A 0 Leaf 130.0 *
14-HYDROXYWITHANOLIDE-D 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
17-ALPHA-HYDROXYWITHANOLIDE 0 Leaf *
17-HYDROXYWITHANOLIDE-D 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
2,3-DEHYDROSOMNIFERICIN 0 Plant 0.1 *
2,4-METHYLENE-CHOLESTEROL 0 Tissue Culture *
2-3-DIHYDROWITHAFERIN 0 Leaf 133.0 *
2-3-DIHYDROWITHANOLIDE 0 Leaf *
20-28-DIHYDROXY-1-OXOWITHA-2-5-8(14)-24-TETRAENOLIDE 0 Plant *
24-ETHYLCHOLEST-5-EN-3-BETA-OL 0 Plant *
24-ETHYLCHOLESTA-5-(Z)-24(28)-DIEN-3-BETA-OL 0 Plant *
24-ETHYLIDENE-CHOLESTEROL 0 Tissue Culture *
24-METHYLCHOLESTA-5,24-DIEN-3BETA-OL 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
24-METHYLCHOLESTA-5-24(25)-DIEN-3-BETA-OL 0 Plant *
27-DEOXYWITHAFERIN 0 Leaf *
27-HYDROXYWITHANOLIDE-D 0 Leaf *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antitumor (Colon) 3 J. Ethnopharmacology, 32: 117.
Antitumor (Forestomach) 1 *
Antitumor (Liver) 1 *
Antitumor (Lung) 3 J. Ethnopharmacology, 32: 117.
Antitumor (Ovary) 1 *
Antitumor (Skin) 2 *
Antitumor-Promoter 3 *
Antiulcer 4 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antivaricose 1 *
Antiviral 7 Abid Ali Khan, M.M., Jain, D.C., Bhakuni, R.S., Zaim, M., and Thakur, R.S. 1991. Occurrence of some antiviral sterols in Artemisia annua. Plant Science, 75: 161-165, 1991.
Apoptotic 4 *
Artemicide 2 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Atherogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
ATPase-Inhibitor 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Autotoxic 1 *
Bacteristat 1 *
Bradycardiac 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bronchorelaxant 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Calmodulin-Antagonist 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).