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

 Solanum torvum (Solanaceae)

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Common name(s)
Susumba, Wild Eggplant
How used
Medicinal

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
0 ALKALOIDS Fruit -- 3700.0 -0.25 *
112 ASCORBIC-ACID Fruit 40.0 275.0 -0.27 *
0 ASH Fruit 11000.0 75000.0 0.47 *
53 BETA-CAROTENE Fruit 4.0 27.0 -0.10 *
102 CAFFEIC-ACID Plant -- -- -- *
28 CALCIUM Fruit 1040.0 7125.0 0.75 *
0 CARBOHYDRATES Fruit 107000.0 733000.0 -0.27 *
77 CHLOROGENIC-ACID Plant -- -- -- *
3 CHLOROGENIN Fruit -- -- -- *
0 FAT Fruit 4000.0 27000.0 -0.44 *
15 FIBER Fruit 61000.0 418000.0 2.61 *
6 IRON Fruit 46.0 315.0 0.72 *
4 ISOCHLOROGENIC-ACID Plant -- -- -- *
0 KILOCALORIES Fruit 470.0 3220.0 -0.67 *
2 NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID Plant -- -- -- *
39 NIACIN Fruit 26.0 178.0 1.57 *
0 PECTINS Leaf -- -- -- *
4 PHOSPHORUS Fruit 700.0 4795.0 0.48 *
0 PROTEIN Fruit 24000.0 164000.0 0.73 *
15 RIBOFLAVIN Fruit 0.9 6.0 0.21 *
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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.