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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 120.0 5706.0 0.43 *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 2540.0 18676.0 0.02 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 56000.0 811000.0 0.15 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 66000.0 485000.0 -1.01 *
CHLORINE 7 Fruit 520.0 -0.33 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Fruit *
CHOLINE 20 Fruit 520.0 -0.50 *
CHROMIUM 24 Fruit 0.1 0.1 -0.49 *
COBALT 2 Fruit 0.1 0.1 -0.53 *
COPPER 12 Fruit 0.6 20.0 0.56 *
CYANIDIN 7 Fruit *
CYSTINE 2 Fruit 60.0 743.0 -0.30 *
DELPHINIDIN 9 Fruit *
DELPHINIDIN-3-RUTINOSIDE-3-(4'-COUMAROYLRUTINOSIDE)5-GLUC... 0 Plant *
DELPHINIDIN-P-COUMAROYL-MONORHAMNOSIDE-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit *
ETHYL-CAFFEATE 0 Root *
FAT 0 Fruit 1000.0 38000.0 -0.35 *
FAT 0 Leaf 4000.0 29000.0 -0.55 *
FAT 0 Seed 198300.0 212000.0 -0.28 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Root *
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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 *