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

Common Names

Cape Gooseberry; Ground Cherry

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
2,3-DEHYDROWITHANOLIDE-E	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-DEOXYPHYSALOLACTONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4BETA-HYDROXYWITHANOLIDE-E	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4BETA-HYDROXYWITHANOLIDE-F	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	63.0	-0.65	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Fruit	365.0	2865.0	-0.11	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Fruit	8000.0	47000.0	-0.25	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Fruit	0.1	84.0	0.01	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL-D-GLUCOSIDE	6	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Fruit	80.0	585.0	-0.75	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Fruit	110000.0	929000.0	0.78	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID	23	Fruit	not available	22000.0	-0.29	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Fruit	2.0	11.0	-0.14	Duke, 1992 *
ELAIDIC-ACID	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Fruit	2000.0	12000.0	-0.55	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	not available	63000.0	-1.07	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Fruit	32000.0	232000.0	0.85	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
Angiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiacne	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodynic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiaflatoxin	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiAGE	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
Antiaggregant	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiamblyopic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic	4	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antianginal	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.