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.
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
TARTARIC-ACID	6	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Fruit	0.5	4.7	-0.08	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Fruit	789000.0	829000.0	0.25	Duke, 1992 *
WITHANOLIDE-E	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHANOLIDE-S	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHAPERUVIN-A	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHAPERUVIN-B	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHAPERUVIN-C	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHAPERUVIN-D	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WITHAPERUVIN-E	0	Leaf	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
Antitumor (CNS)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Forestomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Liver)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitussive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antivaricose	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antivertigo	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antixerophthalmic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anxiolytic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor	1	Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999.
Artemicide	1	Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.