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
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
Antileukemic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukoplakic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene-D4	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antilupus	1	Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphocytic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilymphomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial	1	Khalid, S.A., Farouk, A., Geary*, T.G., and Jensen, J.B. 1985. Potential Antimalarial Candidates From African Plants: An In Vitro Approach Using Plasmodium falciparum. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 15: 201-209, 1986.
Antimastalgic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastitic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimeasles	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimelanomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiMeniere's	1	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antimenorrhagic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).