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
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 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antimetastatic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antimigraine	4	Martindale's 29th
Antimitral-valve-prolapse	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiMS	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antimutagenic	8	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimyocarditic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinephritic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinephrolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuralgic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuramidase	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineurasthenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuritic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuropathic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antineurotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antinitrosaminic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antinociceptive	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiobesity	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiophidic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiorchitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.