Plant Physalis alkekingi (Solanaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Bladderherb; Lantern

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
3-ALPHA-TIGLOYLTROPANE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Fruit	not available	4000.0	-0.04	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Fruit	not available	5000.0	-1.34	Duke, 1992 *
CRYPTOXANTHIN	2	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CUSCOHYGRINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	not available	110000.0	-0.82	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN	78	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN-7-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MUCILAGE	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEO-BETA-CRYPTOXANTHIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PECTIN	24	Fruit	not available	7000.0	-0.55	Duke, 1992 *
PHYSALIEN	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYSALIN-A	0	Plant	not available	500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYSALIN-B	2	Plant	not available	50.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYSALIN-C	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYSOXANTHIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PSEUDOTROPINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RESIN	0	Fruit	not available	2000.0	-0.76	Duke, 1992 *
SUGARS	0	Fruit	not available	20000.0	-0.80	Duke, 1992 *
TANNINS	0	Root	not available	110000.0	-0.95	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Apoptotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor	1	Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999.
Asthma-preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Bruchifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	4	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Cardioprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	2	Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic	1	Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Depressant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Cold-preventive	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Colorant	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Cytotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Deiodinase-Inhibitor	1	Jim Duke's personal files.
Demulcent	2	Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Differentiator	1	Duke, 1992 *