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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALCIUM | 28 | Fruit | 120.0 | 5706.0 | 0.43 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Leaf | 2540.0 | 18676.0 | 0.02 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Fruit | 56000.0 | 811000.0 | 0.15 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Leaf | 66000.0 | 485000.0 | -1.01 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHLORINE | 7 | Fruit | not available | 520.0 | -0.33 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHLOROGENIC-ACID | 77 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHOLINE | 20 | Fruit | not available | 520.0 | -0.50 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Fruit | 0.1 | 0.1 | -0.49 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COBALT | 2 | Fruit | 0.1 | 0.1 | -0.53 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COPPER | 12 | Fruit | 0.6 | 20.0 | 0.56 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CYANIDIN | 7 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CYSTINE | 2 | Fruit | 60.0 | 743.0 | -0.30 | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELPHINIDIN | 9 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELPHINIDIN-3-RUTINOSIDE-3-(4'-COUMAROYLRUTINOSIDE)5-GLUC... | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELPHINIDIN-P-COUMAROYL-MONORHAMNOSIDE-DIGLUCOSIDE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ETHYL-CAFFEATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Fruit | 1000.0 | 38000.0 | -0.35 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Leaf | 4000.0 | 29000.0 | -0.55 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 198300.0 | 212000.0 | -0.28 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FERULIC-ACID | 61 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antischizophrenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiscoliotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiscorbutic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiscotomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiseborrheic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiseptic | 9 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiserotonin | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antishingles | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antisickling | 3 | Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990. |
| Antisilicotic | 1 | Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987. |
| Antispare-Tire | 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 |
| Antispasmodic | 7 | Phytotherapy Research, 4: 73. |
| Antispasmophilic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antispermatogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiSpina-Bifida | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antistaphylococcic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisteatotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistomatitic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
| Antistress | 5 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antistroke | 2 | 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 |