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This document summarizes information about the tinkling bell grass (Physalis minima). It is an annual herb that grows up to 0.8 meters tall. It is found throughout tropical regions and has various traditional medicinal uses. Modern research has found it exhibits antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, and anticancer properties. Various parts of the plant like the roots, leaves, and fruits are used in traditional medicine.

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Bell Grass Benefits 2beingfit

This document summarizes information about the tinkling bell grass (Physalis minima). It is an annual herb that grows up to 0.8 meters tall. It is found throughout tropical regions and has various traditional medicinal uses. Modern research has found it exhibits antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, and anticancer properties. Various parts of the plant like the roots, leaves, and fruits are used in traditional medicine.

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The scientific name of the tinkling bell grass is Physalis minima

Linn. It is also known as Pygmy groundcherry, and Sunberry.

Other names include

CHINESE: Xiao suan jiang.


FRENCH: Coqueret petit fruit, Coqueret mdicinal.
MALAY: Letup, Letup-letup, Rumput meranti.

Taxon confusion

Physalis, a genus of the family Solanaceae consists of about 100


species. Among these, Physalis minima has been confused with P.
angulata (putokan). Some compilations list them as synonyms,
others list them as separate species. In Bangladesh, the two have
long been misidentified. A critical examination separates them as
species.

Pantug-pantugan or tinkling bell grass is an erect, branched, hairy


annual herb, growing 0.5 to 0.8 meter high. The branches are terete
and often tinged with purple; the ultimate ones slightly angular.
Leaves are ovate, 6 to 12 centimeters long, 4.5 to 7 centimeters wide,
with pointed tip, rounded or slightly heart-shaped base, nearly
entire or faintly undulately lobed margins. Flowers are solitary,
axillary, about 8 millimeters long. Corolla is pale yellow, with 5
large, purple spots at the base inside. Fruit is round, fleshy and
edible, about 1 centimeter in diameter. Calyx is inflated, accrescent,
and ovoid, about 3 centimeters long, 2 centimeters in diameter,
green, with 5 prominent and alternating slender and purplish ribs.

Distribution

- Found from the Babuyan Islands and northern Luzon to


Mindanao and Palawan.

- Often common in open, waste places at low altitudes, ascending up


to 1,600 meters.

- Pantropic weed.

Constituents

- Phytochemical studies yield alkaloids, anthraquinones, flavonoids,


cardiac glycosides, phenols, quinones, reducing sugars, saponins,
steroids, starch, tannin and terpenoids from the stem, leaf, and
unripe fruit.

Properties

- Bitter tasting, cooling in effect.

- Fruit is alterative, diuretic, aperient.

- Plant is considered appetizer, antipyretic, anti-inflammatory,


antitussive, diuretic, laxative, expectorant, purgative, and tonic.

Parts utilized

Roots, leaves, fruits.

Uses
Nutritional
Fruit is edible.

Folkloric traditional medicine remedies, benefits, and


uses of the pygmy groundcherry

- In Java, root is used as vermifuge.

- Root extract used for fever.

- Poultice of leaves, smeared with oiled and heated, applied to


ulcers.

- Decoction of leaves with Plantago major used for gonorrhea; also,


diuretic.

- Fruit used as alterative, diuretic and aperient; used in dropsy,


urinary diseases, and gout.

- Used for colds and fever, swelling pain of the throat, bronchitis.

- Fruit used for gout; also used to infuse vigor and offset premature
decay.

- In Konkan, plant paste made with rice water used to restore flaccid
breasts.

- Poultice of fruits used for headaches and intestinal pains.

- In the Punjab, used for gonorrhea.

- Malays used a poultice for headaches and intestinal pains

- Pounded fresh material may be used as poultice or decoction of


the same may be used as wash for eczema infection.

- Juice of leaves, mixed with mustard oil and water, used for
earaches.

- In India, used for dysuria, ascites, ulcers, cough, bronchitis,


pruritus and erysipelas. Used as a tonic, diuretic and purgative; as a
remedy for spleen disorders.
Science proven benefits and uses of sunberry or tinkling
bell grass

Antifertility:

Study of extract of P minima on female albino rats exhibited


variations in ovarian and uterine weights and significant
histopathologic changes in the histoarchitecture of the female
reproductive system.

Antimicrobial:

Antimicrobial activity of Rauvolfia tetraphylla and Physalis minima


leaf and callus extracts: Leaf and callus extracts of R. tetraphylla
and P. minima inhibited bacterial and fungal growth.

Phytochemicals / Withaphysalin D:

Study yielded Withaphysalin D, a new withphysalin.

Anti-Inflammatory / Analgesic / relives pain,


inflammation and swelling:

Study of the whole plant of Physalis minima on rats showed marked


anti-inflammatory and analgesic activities. The antipyretic activity
was insignificant. Results showed PM as a potential candidate as an
antiinflammatory and analgesic agent.

Cytotoxic / Anti-Cancer / Human Lung Adenocarcinoma


Cell Line:

In the study, the chloroform extract of Physalis minima exhibited


remarkable cytotoxic activities on human lung adenocarcinoma cell
line in time- and dose-dependent manners. Its apoptotic effect
suggests potential for development as an anticancer drug.

Cytotoxic / Anti-Cancer / Withaphysalin:

Study yielded a novel withanolide, withaphysalin P with six other


new withaphysalins 1-7 and three known withaphysalins 8-10. Some
compounds showed moderate cytotoxic activity against two human
cancer cell lines colorectal-carcinoma and non-small cell lung
cancer.
Hypoglycemic / Alpha-Glucosidase Inhibition:

Physalis minima extract showed in-vitro inhibitory activity of


intestinal alpha glucosidase enzyme maltase with decrease
intestinal absorption of monosaccharides through inhibition of
disaccharide hydrolysis.

Apoptotic Effects / Anti-Breast Cancer:

A chloroform extract of Physalis minima produced significant


inhibition against human T-47D breast carcinoma cells. It induced
apoptotic cell death via p53-, caspase-3-, and c-myc-dependent
pathways.

Antibacterial Potential:

Study showed a methanol and chloroform extracts of P. minima


exhibited potent inhibitory activity against all the bacterial strains
tested. Polar compounds in the crude extract were responsible for
the antimicrobial action.

Antibacterial:

Study showed leaf and stem extracts tp have moderate antibacterial


activity. Overall antibacterial assay showed the ethanolic extract to
be more effetive than other solvents.

Anti-Lipid Peroxidation:

Study evaluated the free radical scavenging activity of ethanolic


extracts of Piper trioicum and Physalis minima, with goat liver as
the lipid source. Results showed suppression of lipid peroxidation.
In the study, P. trioicum extract showed more activity than Physalis
minima.

Availability

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