(alkaloid), beta-sisterol, chlorogenic acid (in leaf only), cysteine (in fruit), cuscohygrine (alkaloid), iron, pseudotropine (alkaloid), scopoletin, somniferinine ashwagandha somniferiene (alkaloid), tropanol (alkaloid), withanine (alkaloid), withananine (alkaloid) and withanolides.

signalling in cancerous cell lines.[3][edit] Other speciesThere are over 20 other species of the plant are used as a skin ointment and for treating memory loss. The Japanese ashwagandha applications are related to ashwagandha root is the part used.Anaferine (alkaloid), anahygrine (alkaloid), ashwagandha chlorogenic acid (in leaf only), cysteine (in fruit), cuscohygrine (alkaloid), iron, pseudotropine ashwagandha scopoletin, somniferinine ashwagandha somniferiene (alkaloid), tropanol (alkaloid), withanine (alkaloid), withananine (alkaloid) and withanolides A-Y(steroidal lactones).The main constituents of ashwagandha are alkaloids and steroidal lactones. Among the various alkaloids, withanine is 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. ashwagandha VII and sitoindoside VIII ashwagandha been traditionally used.

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