Plant Solanum melongena (Solanaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Aubergine; Eggplant

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
FIBER	15	Fruit	9000.0	137000.0	-0.04	Duke, 1992 *
FOLACIN	15	Fruit	0.1	2.6	0.23	Duke, 1992 *
GABA	22	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-HYDROXYGLUTAMIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID	8	Fruit	2010.0	24907.0	0.91	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE	12	Fruit	320.0	5452.0	0.71	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCOALKALOIDS	0	Fruit	280.0	470.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
HCN	9	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE	7	Fruit	240.0	3098.0	0.97	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Fruit	3.0	137.0	0.02	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Leaf	155.0	1140.0	1.97	Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE	3	Fruit	480.0	5948.0	0.69	Duke, 1992 *
ISOSCOPOLETIN	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Fruit	250.0	3370.0	-0.44	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Leaf	150.0	2790.0	-0.37	Duke, 1992 *
LEAD	0	Fruit	1.4	1.6	-0.40	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE	2	Fruit	570.0	8550.0	0.73	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Fruit	350.0	4337.0	-0.29	Duke, 1992 *
LITHIUM	11	Fruit	0.3	0.3	-0.66	Duke, 1992 *
LUBIMIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	6	Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acarifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adjuvant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Adrenergic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Aggregant	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	5	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	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	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	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	Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analeptic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	10	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.