Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Physalis ixocarpa (Solanaceae)

Common Names
Tomatillo
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 20.0 460.0 -0.26 *
ASH 0 Fruit 6000.0 82000.0 0.66 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 0.5 6.0 -0.14 *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 70.0 2580.0 -0.29 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 40500.0 771000.0 -0.06 *
CAROTENES 0 Fruit 0.3 1.4 *
CELLULOSE 1 Fruit 13300.0 -0.52 *
CHLORIDE 0 Fruit 140.0 1685.0 -1.00 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Fruit 8010.0 11690.0 -0.46 *
COPPER 12 Fruit 1.0 16.0 0.25 *
DEHYDROASCORBIC-ACID 0 Fruit 65.0 1971.0 -0.47 *
FAT 0 Fruit 6000.0 87000.0 0.02 *
FIBER 15 Fruit 6000.0 72000.0 -0.66 *
FRUCTOSE 8 Fruit 3420.0 18980.0 -0.63 *
GLUCOSE 7 Fruit 11880.0 32400.0 -0.55 *
IRON 6 Fruit 14.0 2974.0 11.27 *
IXOCARPALACTONE 0 Plant *
L-ASCORBIC-ACID 1 Fruit 11.0 257.0 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit 230.0 2150.0 0.01 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Fruit 116.0 1500.0 -0.85 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Acaricide 1 (View) *
Acarifuge 1 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Acetylcholinergic 1 (View) *
Acidulant 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Additive 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aggregant 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Allergenic 3 (View) *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Analgesic 3 (View) *
Androgenic? 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 (View) *
Antiacne 3 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 (View) *
AntiAGE 1 (View) Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant 2 (View) *
Antiaging 2 (View) *
Antiakathisic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th