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
Antigastritic	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antigastrotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigenotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antigonadotrophic	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigonadotropic	1	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antigranular	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigrey	1	Martindale's 29th
Antihangover	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihematuric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic	1	Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihemorrhagic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihemorrhoidal	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatotoxic	4	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic	6	Duke, 1992 *