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Common Names
Aubergine; Eggplant
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE | 15 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 9-OXO-NEROLIDOL | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALANINE | 3 | Fruit | 420.0 | 6815.0 | 1.22 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID | 15 | Fruit | 70.0 | 867.0 | -0.76 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALUMINUM | 5 | Fruit | 10.0 | 16.0 | -0.22 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARACHIDIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARGININE | 14 | Fruit | 610.0 | 7559.0 | 0.87 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARSENIC | 2 | Fruit | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.53 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Fruit | 13.0 | 947.0 | -0.23 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Leaf | 790.0 | 5809.0 | 0.10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Fruit | 5000.0 | 80000.0 | 0.60 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Leaf | 20000.0 | 147000.0 | 0.50 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASPARTIC-ACID | 3 | Fruit | 1770.0 | 21933.0 | 1.55 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AUBERGENONE | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BARIUM | 0 | Fruit | 3.5 | 5.6 | -1.02 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-AMINO-4-ETHYL-GLYOXALINE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Fruit | 0.0 | 6.0 | -0.14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BORON | 4 | Fruit | 1.0 | 8.0 | -0.64 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CADMIUM | 3 | Fruit | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.65 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAFFEIC-ACID | 102 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antipolyneuritic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiporphyric | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiprolactin | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiproliferant | 4 | Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY. |
| Antiprostaglandin | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprostatitic | 6 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiprostatotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipruritic | 2 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antipsoriac | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antipsychotic | 3 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antipyretic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiradicular | 9 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| AntiRaynaud's | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antirenitic | 1 | Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990. |
| Antiretardation | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiretinopathic | 1 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Antiretinotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antirheumatic | 6 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antirheumatitic? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antirhinitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |