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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
LYCOPENE 16 Fruit *
LYCOXANTHIN 0 Fruit *
LYSINE 4 Fruit 510.0 6320.0 0.57 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit 85.0 1563.0 -0.26 *
MANGANESE 14 Fruit 1.4 40.0 -0.14 *
MERCURY 1 Fruit 0.0 0.0 -0.79 *
METHIONINE 15 Fruit 60.0 1487.0 0.65 *
MOLYBDENUM 2 Fruit 0.5 0.6 -0.37 *
MUFA 13 Fruit 90.0 1152.0 -0.24 *
N-TRANS-FERULOYL-OCTOPAMINE 0 Root *
N-TRANS-FERULOYL-TYRAMINE 0 Root *
N-TRANS-P-COUMAROYL-OCTOPAMINE 0 Root *
N-TRANS-P-COUMAROYL-TYRAMINE 0 Root *
NASUNIN 1 Fruit *
NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID 2 Fruit *
NIACIN 39 Fruit 0.9 98.0 0.50 *
NICKEL 3 Fruit 0.7 0.8 -0.54 *
NITROGEN 0 Fruit 5400.0 10250.0 -0.31 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Fruit 80.0 991.0 -0.47 *
OXALIC-ACID 9 Fruit 291.0 -0.29 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 6 *
Acaricide 1 *
Acarifuge 1 *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 *
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 *
Amphiglycemic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analeptic 1 *
Analgesic 10 *
Androgenic 1 *
Androgenic? 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic 2 *
Anesthetic 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.