ALB and rheumatic disorder: Withania somnifera (Ashwagandha) is an efficient medicinal plant known in Ayurveda and Chinese medicine since ancient times, whose extracts are consumed orally as food supplement or as a health tonic owing to its several restorative properties for various CNS disorders, inflammation, tumour, stress, rheumatism etc. In this study, we have analyzed the binding interaction of four derivatives of Withania somnifera (Withanolide A, Withanolide B, Withanoside IV and Withanoside V) with HSA because of their important pharmacological properties.