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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Solanum melongena (Solanaceae)

Common Names
Aubergine; Eggplant
How this plant is used
Food
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE 15 Fruit *
9-OXO-NEROLIDOL 2 Plant *
ALANINE 3 Fruit 420.0 6815.0 1.22 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Fruit 70.0 867.0 -0.76 *
ALUMINUM 5 Fruit 10.0 16.0 -0.22 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Seed *
ARGININE 14 Fruit 610.0 7559.0 0.87 *
ARSENIC 2 Fruit 0.0 0.0 -0.53 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 13.0 947.0 -0.23 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 790.0 5809.0 0.10 *
ASH 0 Fruit 5000.0 80000.0 0.60 *
ASH 0 Leaf 20000.0 147000.0 0.50 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Fruit 1770.0 21933.0 1.55 *
AUBERGENONE 2 Plant *
BARIUM 0 Fruit 3.5 5.6 -1.02 *
BETA-AMINO-4-ETHYL-GLYOXALINE 0 Fruit *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 0.0 6.0 -0.14 *
BORON 4 Fruit 1.0 8.0 -0.64 *
CADMIUM 3 Fruit 0.3 0.4 0.65 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Fruit *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cardiomyopathogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardioprotective 9 *
Cardiotonic 2 *
Cardiotoxic 1 *
Cardiovascular 2 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Cerebrophilic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Cerebrotonic 1 *
Chelator 1 *
Chemopreventive 4 *
Cholagogue 4 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 7 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Cholinergic 2 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Circulotonic 1 *
Clastogenic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant 2 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
CNS-Inhibitor 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
CNS-Paralytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Stimulant 2 *
Co-carcinogenic 1 *