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
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 *

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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
Aphrodisiac	1	Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Arteriodilator	1	Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Asthma-preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent	2	Duke, 1992 *
Atherogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Autotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bacteristat	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker	2	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bronchorelaxant	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bronchosedative	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Calcium-Antagonist	4	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	26	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide	4	Martindale's 28th
Carcinogenic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiac	1	Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Cardiodepressant	3	Duke, 1992 *