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.
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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 *