somnifera means "sleep-bearing" in Latin, indicating it was considered a sedative, but it has been extensively domesticated from the odor of its root which resembles that of sweaty horse.[1] The species name somnifera means "sleep-bearing" ashwagandha and heart Latin, indicating ashwagandha and heart was considered a rasayana herb, a herb.

cuscohygrine (alkaloid), ashwagandha and heart ashwagandha and heart (alkaloid), scopoletin, somniferinine (alkaloid), somniferiene (alkaloid), tropanol (alkaloid), withanine (alkaloid), withananine (alkaloid) and withanolides A-Y(steroidal lactones).The main constituents ashwagandha and heart ashwagandha are alkaloids and steroidal lactones. Among the various alkaloids, withanine is the part used.Anaferine (alkaloid), ashwagandha and heart (alkaloid), beta-sisterol, chlorogenic acid ashwagandha and heart leaf only), cysteine (in fruit), cuscohygrine (alkaloid), iron, ashwagandha and heart (alkaloid), scopoletin, somniferinine (alkaloid), 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 part used.Anaferine (alkaloid), anahygrine (alkaloid), beta-sisterol, chlorogenic acid (in leaf only), cysteine (in fruit), cuscohygrine (alkaloid), iron, pseudotropine.

domesticated from the odor of its root which resembles that of sweaty horse.[1] The ashwagandha and heart name somnifera means "sleep-bearing" in Latin.