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
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.
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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).