A phyto-pharmacological overview on Physalis minima Linn
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Physalis minima Linn. (Family Solanaceae) is commonly known as Ground Cherry or Sunberry. It is traditionally used as diuretic, purgative, analgesic, anthelmentic, febrifuge, vermifuge, abortificient, etc. Many steroidal lactones have been identified from the plant and it has been reported to possess antifertility, hypoglycemic, cytotoxic, antiulcer, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antipyretic, antimalarial, amylase, lipase and alpha glucosidase inhibitor activity and anti-gonorrhoeal activity. Present review summarizes the traditional claims, phytochemistry and pharmacology of P. minima reported so far in scientific literature.
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