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

 Physalis ixocarpa (Solanaceae)

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Common name(s)
Tomatillo
How used
Food

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
112 ASCORBIC-ACID Fruit 20.0 460.0 -0.26 *
0 ASH Fruit 6000.0 82000.0 0.66 *
53 BETA-CAROTENE Fruit 0.5 6.0 -0.14 *
28 CALCIUM Fruit 70.0 2580.0 -0.29 *
0 CARBOHYDRATES Fruit 40500.0 771000.0 -0.06 *
0 CAROTENES Fruit 0.3 1.4 -- *
1 CELLULOSE Fruit -- 13300.0 -0.52 *
0 CHLORIDE Fruit 140.0 1685.0 -1.00 *
23 CITRIC-ACID Fruit 8010.0 11690.0 -0.46 *
12 COPPER Fruit 1.0 16.0 0.25 *
0 DEHYDROASCORBIC-ACID Fruit 65.0 1971.0 -0.47 *
0 FAT Fruit 6000.0 87000.0 0.02 *
15 FIBER Fruit 6000.0 72000.0 -0.66 *
8 FRUCTOSE Fruit 3420.0 18980.0 -0.63 *
7 GLUCOSE Fruit 11880.0 32400.0 -0.55 *
6 IRON Fruit 14.0 2974.0 11.27 *
0 IXOCARPALACTONE Plant -- -- -- *
1 L-ASCORBIC-ACID Fruit 11.0 257.0 -- *
65 MAGNESIUM Fruit 230.0 2150.0 0.01 *
15 MALIC-ACID Fruit 116.0 1500.0 -0.85 *
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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.