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
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Fruit	140.0	1735.0	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID	2	Fruit	10.0	124.0	-0.32	Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID	11	Fruit	0.8	10.0	-0.52	Duke, 1992 *
PECTIN	24	Fruit	not available	110000.0	0.68	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE	7	Fruit	430.0	5700.0	0.82	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Fruit	189.0	5836.0	0.80	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Leaf	380.0	2794.0	-0.40	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS	2	Fruit	70.0	867.0	-0.10	Duke, 1992 *
PIPECOLIC-ACID	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Fruit	620.0	32000.0	1.25	Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE	0	Fruit	460.0	5700.0	0.46	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Fruit	10000.0	200000.0	1.21	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Leaf	46000.0	338000.0	1.26	Duke, 1992 *
PUFA	4	Fruit	420.0	5204.0	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Fruit	0.2	8.8	0.81	Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLETIN	44	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Fruit	0.0	0.0	-0.39	Duke, 1992 *
SERINE	1	Fruit	410.0	5576.0	0.68	Duke, 1992 *
SFA	0	Fruit	200.0	2478.0	-0.32	Duke, 1992 *
SILVER	3	Fruit	0.1	0.2	-0.23	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.