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Plant Physalis peruviana (Solanaceae)

Common Names
Cape Gooseberry; Ground Cherry
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
FLUORIDE 3 Fruit not available 0.2 -1.24 Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE 7 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Fruit 12.0 115.0 -0.07 Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Fruit 730.0 3460.0 -0.30 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 23625.0 41830.0 -0.56 Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit 310.0 1810.0 -0.15 Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MUCILAGE 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N,N,-DIMETHYLPHYSOPERUVINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Fruit 3.0 81.0 0.27 Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed not available 26710.0 -0.76 Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed not available 4160.0 -0.61 Duke, 1992 *
PECTIN 24 Fruit not available 7000.0 -0.55 Duke, 1992 *
PERULACTONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHLOBAPHANE 0 Calyx not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 550.0 4215.0 0.30 Duke, 1992 *
PHYSALACTONE-B 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHYSALIEN 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHYSALIN-A 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antiscotomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseborrheic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic 6 Martindale's 28th
Antiserotonin 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antishingles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antispasmodic 7 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antispasmophilic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antistaphylococcic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antistress 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistroke 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
Antisunburn 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antisyndrome-X 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
Antithrombogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antithyroid 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitrypanosomic 1 Planta Medica, 57: A44, 1991.
Antitubercular 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor 10 Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990.
Antitumor (Breast) 3 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.
Antitumor (Cervix) 1 Duke, 1992 *