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Plant Solanum melongena (Solanaceae)

Common Names
Aubergine; Eggplant
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
FIBER 15 Fruit 9000.0 137000.0 -0.04 Duke, 1992 *
FOLACIN 15 Fruit 0.1 2.6 0.23 Duke, 1992 *
GABA 22 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-HYDROXYGLUTAMIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Fruit 2010.0 24907.0 0.91 Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE 12 Fruit 320.0 5452.0 0.71 Duke, 1992 *
GLYCOALKALOIDS 0 Fruit 280.0 470.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
HCN 9 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE 7 Fruit 240.0 3098.0 0.97 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Fruit 3.0 137.0 0.02 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Leaf 155.0 1140.0 1.97 Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Fruit 480.0 5948.0 0.69 Duke, 1992 *
ISOSCOPOLETIN 1 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Fruit 250.0 3370.0 -0.44 Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Leaf 150.0 2790.0 -0.37 Duke, 1992 *
LEAD 0 Fruit 1.4 1.6 -0.40 Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE 2 Fruit 570.0 8550.0 0.73 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Fruit 350.0 4337.0 -0.29 Duke, 1992 *
LITHIUM 11 Fruit 0.3 0.3 -0.66 Duke, 1992 *
LUBIMIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagen-Sparing 2 Duke, 1992 *
Collagenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Collyrium 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Colorant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedogenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Comedolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Contraceptive 2 Martindale's 28th
Copper-Antagonist 1 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
Cosmetic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COX-1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytoprotective 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Cytotoxic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Deliriant 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Demulcent 2 Duke, 1992 *
Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Depressant 1 Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Dermatitigenic 2 Duke, 1992 *