Latin name : Withania somnifera
Family : Solanaceae
Folk / Common names : Ashwagandha , Ajagandha, Indian Ginseng, Kanaje Hindi , Samm Al Ferakh
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Part used: Roots, leaf and berry .
Constituents : alkaloids, withanine being the main constituent. The other alkaloids are
somniferine, somnine, somniferinine, withananine, pseudo-withanine,
tropine, pseudo-tropine, 3-a-gloyloxytropane, choline, cuscohygrine,
isopelletierine, anaferine and anahydrine. Two acyl steryl glucoside
viz. Sitoindoside VII and sitoindoside VIII have been isolated from
root. The leaves contain steroidal lactones, which are commonly called
withanolides. The withanolides have C28 steroidal nucleus with C9 side
chain, having six membered lactone ring.( reference Wikipedia )
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