Common Names
Cape Gooseberry; Ground Cherry
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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 * |
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 * |