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
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 *

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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
Cholagogue	1	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic	3	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Circulotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Clastogenic	1	Friedman, M. and Dao, L. 1990. Effect of Autoclaving and Conventional and Microwave Baking on the Ergot Alkaloid and Chlorogenic Acid Contents of Morning Glory (Ipomoea tricolor Cav. cv.) Heavenly Blue Seeds. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 805-808.
CNS-Active	1	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant	2	Rizk, A.F.M. and Al-Nowaihi, A.S., The Phytochemistry of the Horticultural Plants of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar.
CNS-Stimulant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cold-preventive	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagen-Sparing	1	Duke, 1992 *
Collagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Colorant	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedogenic	1	Martindale's 29th
Comedolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Contraceptive	1	Martindale's 28th
Convulsant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Copper-Chelator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cosmetic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COX-1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *