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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
2,3-DEHYDROWITHANOLIDE-E 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-DEOXYPHYSALOLACTONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4BETA-HYDROXYWITHANOLIDE-E 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4BETA-HYDROXYWITHANOLIDE-F 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Seed not available 63.0 -0.65 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 365.0 2865.0 -0.11 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Fruit 8000.0 47000.0 -0.25 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 0.1 84.0 0.01 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL-D-GLUCOSIDE 6 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 80.0 585.0 -0.75 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 110000.0 929000.0 0.78 Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Fruit not available 22000.0 -0.29 Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Fruit 2.0 11.0 -0.14 Duke, 1992 *
ELAIDIC-ACID 2 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Fruit 2000.0 12000.0 -0.55 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed not available 63000.0 -1.07 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Fruit 32000.0 232000.0 0.85 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
Metastatic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
Mucogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic 1 Martindale's 28th
Mutagenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Mycobactericide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Myoprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Natriuretic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Nematicide 2 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Neuroprotective 2 Duke, 1992 *
Neurotransmitter 1 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Genic 1 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Odontolytic 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 1 Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Oviposition-Stimulant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
PAF-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Parasiticide 1 Martindale's 29th
Percutaneostimulant 1 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.