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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LYCOPENE | 16 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LYCOXANTHIN | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LYSINE | 4 | Fruit | 510.0 | 6320.0 | 0.57 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Fruit | 85.0 | 1563.0 | -0.26 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Fruit | 1.4 | 40.0 | -0.14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MERCURY | 1 | Fruit | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.79 | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHIONINE | 15 | Fruit | 60.0 | 1487.0 | 0.65 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MOLYBDENUM | 2 | Fruit | 0.5 | 0.6 | -0.37 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MUFA | 13 | Fruit | 90.0 | 1152.0 | -0.24 | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-TRANS-FERULOYL-OCTOPAMINE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-TRANS-FERULOYL-TYRAMINE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-TRANS-P-COUMAROYL-OCTOPAMINE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-TRANS-P-COUMAROYL-TYRAMINE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NASUNIN | 1 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID | 2 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NIACIN | 39 | Fruit | 0.9 | 98.0 | 0.50 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NICKEL | 3 | Fruit | 0.7 | 0.8 | -0.54 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NITROGEN | 0 | Fruit | 5400.0 | 10250.0 | -0.31 | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Fruit | 80.0 | 991.0 | -0.47 | Duke, 1992 * |
| OXALIC-ACID | 9 | Fruit | not available | 291.0 | -0.29 | 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 * |