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
SODIUM	1	Fruit	20.0	2150.0	0.02	Duke, 1992 *
SOLAMARGINE	9	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SOLANIDINE	5	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SOLANINE	26	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SOLASODINE	18	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SOLASONINE	11	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Fruit	50.0	620.0	-0.24	Duke, 1992 *
STRONTIUM	0	Fruit	2.0	5.6	-1.02	Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE	14	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SUGAR	0	Fruit	20000.0	30000.0	-1.07	Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR	14	Fruit	126.0	152.0	-0.88	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Fruit	not available	2000.0	-0.89	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Fruit	0.4	10.0	0.60	Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE	4	Fruit	380.0	4957.0	0.81	Duke, 1992 *
TITANIUM	0	Fruit	0.4	0.4	-0.74	Duke, 1992 *
TRIGONELLINE	15	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTAMINE	4	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN	29	Fruit	100.0	1239.0	0.55	Duke, 1992 *
TYRAMINE	11	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE	8	Fruit	250.0	3593.0	0.49	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
Antiinsomnic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antikeratitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antikeshan	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antilactobacillic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiLegionella	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric	2	Martindale's 28th
Antilethargic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukonychic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukoplakic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene-D4	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotrienogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilisteria	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic	4	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antilupus	1	Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphomic	1	Duke, 1992 *