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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
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
Anticancer (Forestomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Liver) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Skin) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticapillary-Fragility 1 Merck 7th Ed.
Anticarcinogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticardiospasmic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticarpal-Tunnel 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticervicaldysplasic 3 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticlastogen 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticlimacteric 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticoagulant 1 Merck 11th Edition