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
PHYSALIN-B	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYSALOLACTONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYSALOLACTONE-B	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYSALOLACTONE-B-B-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYSOPERUVINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYSOPERUVINIUM-CHLORIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTIN-PHOSPHORUS	0	Fruit	180.0	1050.0	-0.23	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS	2	Calyx	not available	400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Fruit	320.0	18710.0	0.07	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM-CHLORIDE	0	Calyx	not available	750.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM-CITRATE	0	Calyx	not available	750.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Fruit	3000.0	105260.0	-0.06	Duke, 1992 *
RESIN	0	Fruit	not available	2000.0	-0.76	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Fruit	0.2	1.4	-0.77	Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN	87	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Fruit	9.0	58.0	-0.18	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Fruit	not available	3400.0	-0.05	Duke, 1992 *
SUGARS	0	Fruit	not available	20000.0	-0.80	Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR	14	Fruit	430.0	2515.0	0.77	Duke, 1992 *
TANNINS	0	Root	125000.0	160000.0	-0.22	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
Insectiphile	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insulinogenic	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
Interferon-Synergist	1	Duke, 1992 *
Interferonogenic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Irritant	3	Merck 11th Edition
JNK-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Juvabional	2	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Keratolytic	1	Martindale's 29th
Larvistat	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Laxative	4	Duke, 1992 *
Laxative?	2	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-91.
Leukotriene-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	3	Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lithogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic	2	Martindale's 29th
Lubricant	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
MAO-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Memory-Enhancer	1	Science News, 138: 189, 1990.
Metal-Chelator	1	McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.