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.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
MAPK-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
MMP-9-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mucolytic	1	Martindale's 28th
Myorelaxant	2	Duke, 1992 *
NEP-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Peristaltic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide	4	Duke, 1992 *
Proliferant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Synthetase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
PTK-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer	1	Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Sedative	1	Duke, 1992 *
Succinoxidase-Inhibitor	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor	1	Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237.
Toxic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.