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.
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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
Diuretic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Estrogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Fistula-Preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Fungicide	1	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Hemostat	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatoprotective	2	Duke, 1992 *
Hyaluronidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypocholesterolemic	4	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic	2	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
Hypotensive	1	Duke, 1992 *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
IKK-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Immunostimulant	1	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
iNOS-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Insectifuge	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Interferonogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lithogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.