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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 Solanum melongena (Solanaceae)

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Common name(s)
Aubergine, Eggplant
How used
Food

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
15 5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE Fruit -- -- -- *
2 9-OXO-NEROLIDOL Plant -- -- -- *
3 ALANINE Fruit 420.0 6815.0 1.22 *
15 ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID Fruit 70.0 867.0 -0.76 *
5 ALUMINUM Fruit 10.0 16.0 -0.22 *
0 ARACHIDIC-ACID Seed -- -- -- *
14 ARGININE Fruit 610.0 7559.0 0.87 *
2 ARSENIC Fruit 0.0 0.0 -0.53 *
112 ASCORBIC-ACID Leaf 790.0 5809.0 0.10 *
112 ASCORBIC-ACID Fruit 13.0 947.0 -0.23 *
0 ASH Fruit 5000.0 80000.0 0.60 *
0 ASH Leaf 20000.0 147000.0 0.50 *
3 ASPARTIC-ACID Fruit 1770.0 21933.0 1.55 *
2 AUBERGENONE Plant -- -- -- *
0 BARIUM Fruit 3.5 5.6 -1.02 *
0 BETA-AMINO-4-ETHYL-GLYOXALINE Fruit -- -- -- *
53 BETA-CAROTENE Fruit 0.0 6.0 -0.14 *
4 BORON Fruit 1.0 8.0 -0.64 *
3 CADMIUM Fruit 0.3 0.4 0.65 *
102 CAFFEIC-ACID Fruit -- -- -- *
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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.