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.
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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
Sweetener	1	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Teratologic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Thymoprotective	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor	1	Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor	2	Constantinou, A., Mehta, R., Runyan, C., Rao, K., Vaughan, A., Moon, R. 1995. Flavonoids as DNA Topoisomerase Antagonists and Poisons: Structure-Activity Relationships. J Natural Products, 58: 217-225.
Tranquilizer	2	Duke, 1992 *
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ubiquiot	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Uricosuric	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant	1	Martindale's 29th
Uterorelaxant	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Uterotrophic	1	Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
Vasodilator	8	Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).