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
TIGLOIDINE	7	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TROPINE	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOPHYLL	3	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZEAXANTHIN	5	Flower	not available	not available	not available	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 *