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
SOMNIROL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SOMNISOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
SOMNITOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SOMNIWITHANOLIDE	0	Stem Bark	not available	1500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STARCH	5	Root	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
STEARIC-ACID	8	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL	12	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL	12	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE	14	Root	not available	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	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.
TROPINE	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VISAMINE	3	Root	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
WITHACNISTIN	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHAFERIN	7	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHAFERIN-A	15	Leaf	400.0	8600.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHAFERIN-A	15	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHAFERIN-A	15	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHAFERIN-A	15	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHAFERINE	0	Leaf	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.
WITHAFERINIL	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
Antitumor (Colon)	3	J. Ethnopharmacology, 32: 117.
Antitumor (Forestomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Liver)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	3	J. Ethnopharmacology, 32: 117.
Antitumor (Ovary)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer	4	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antivaricose	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Bacteristat	1	Duke, 1992 *
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).