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
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 *

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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
Antisunburn	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antisyndrome-X	6	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
Antitachycardic	1	Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Antithiamin	1	Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic	1	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Antithyroid	2	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitinnitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitourette	1	Martindale's 28th
Antitriglyceride	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitumor	14	Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990.
Antitumor (Bladder)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (brain)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Cervix)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Esophagus)?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitumor (Forestomach)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric)	1	Duke, 1992 *