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

Plant Solanum melongena (Solanaceae)

Common Names
Aubergine, Eggplant
How this plant is used
Food

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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
5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE 15 Fruit *
9-OXO-NEROLIDOL 2 Plant *
ALANINE 3 Fruit 420.0 6815.0 1.22 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Fruit 70.0 867.0 -0.76 *
ALUMINUM 5 Fruit 10.0 16.0 -0.22 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Seed *
ARGININE 14 Fruit 610.0 7559.0 0.87 *
ARSENIC 2 Fruit 0.0 0.0 -0.53 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 13.0 947.0 -0.23 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 790.0 5809.0 0.10 *
ASH 0 Fruit 5000.0 80000.0 0.60 *
ASH 0 Leaf 20000.0 147000.0 0.50 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Fruit 1770.0 21933.0 1.55 *
AUBERGENONE 2 Plant *
BARIUM 0 Fruit 3.5 5.6 -1.02 *
BETA-AMINO-4-ETHYL-GLYOXALINE 0 Fruit *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 0.0 6.0 -0.14 *
BORON 4 Fruit 1.0 8.0 -0.64 *
CADMIUM 3 Fruit 0.3 0.4 0.65 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Fruit *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 6 (View) *
Acaricide 1 (View) *
Acarifuge 1 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Acidulant 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adjuvant 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Adrenergic 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Aggregant 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 5 (View) Ichikawa, K., et al. 1991. Isolation and Structure Determination of Aldose Reductase Inhibitors from Traditional Thai Medicine, and Syntheses of Their Derivatives. Sankyo Kenkyusho Nempo, 43: 99-110.
Allelochemic 5 (View) Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic 1 (View) Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic 9 (View) Mitchell, J. and Rook, A.J. 1923. Botanical Dermatology: plants and plant products injurious to the skin. Vancouver: Greengrass, 1979. xiii, 787 p.: ill.
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Amphiglycemic? 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analeptic 1 (View) *
Analgesic 10 (View) *
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Androgenic? 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic 2 (View) *
Anesthetic 1 (View) Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.