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
Antimyocarditic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineoplastic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinephritic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antinephrolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuralgic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuramidase	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineurasthenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuritic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuropathic	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antineurotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiNF-kB	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosaminic	3	Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18.
Antinitrosic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antinociceptive	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antinyctalopic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity	6	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiophidic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiophthalmic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiorchitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteoarthritic	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.