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
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Fruit	140.0	1735.0	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID	2	Fruit	10.0	124.0	-0.32	Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID	11	Fruit	0.8	10.0	-0.52	Duke, 1992 *
PECTIN	24	Fruit	not available	110000.0	0.68	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE	7	Fruit	430.0	5700.0	0.82	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Fruit	189.0	5836.0	0.80	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Leaf	380.0	2794.0	-0.40	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS	2	Fruit	70.0	867.0	-0.10	Duke, 1992 *
PIPECOLIC-ACID	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Fruit	620.0	32000.0	1.25	Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE	0	Fruit	460.0	5700.0	0.46	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Fruit	10000.0	200000.0	1.21	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Leaf	46000.0	338000.0	1.26	Duke, 1992 *
PUFA	4	Fruit	420.0	5204.0	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Fruit	0.2	8.8	0.81	Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLETIN	44	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Fruit	0.0	0.0	-0.39	Duke, 1992 *
SERINE	1	Fruit	410.0	5576.0	0.68	Duke, 1992 *
SFA	0	Fruit	200.0	2478.0	-0.32	Duke, 1992 *
SILVER	3	Fruit	0.1	0.2	-0.23	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 *