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Common Names
Cape Gooseberry; Ground Cherry
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TARTARIC-ACID | 6 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Fruit | 0.5 | 4.7 | -0.08 | Duke, 1992 * |
| WATER | 0 | Fruit | 789000.0 | 829000.0 | 0.25 | Duke, 1992 * |
| WITHANOLIDE-E | 3 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WITHANOLIDE-S | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WITHAPERUVIN-A | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WITHAPERUVIN-B | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WITHAPERUVIN-C | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WITHAPERUVIN-D | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WITHAPERUVIN-E | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| XANTHOPHYLL | 3 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ZEAXANTHIN | 5 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | 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 * |