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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
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Fruit 140.0 1735.0 -0.34 Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Fruit 10.0 124.0 -0.32 Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Fruit 0.8 10.0 -0.52 Duke, 1992 *
PECTIN 24 Fruit not available 110000.0 0.68 Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Fruit 430.0 5700.0 0.82 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 189.0 5836.0 0.80 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 380.0 2794.0 -0.40 Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Fruit 70.0 867.0 -0.10 Duke, 1992 *
PIPECOLIC-ACID 2 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Fruit 620.0 32000.0 1.25 Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE 0 Fruit 460.0 5700.0 0.46 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 10000.0 200000.0 1.21 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 46000.0 338000.0 1.26 Duke, 1992 *
PUFA 4 Fruit 420.0 5204.0 -0.47 Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 0.2 8.8 0.81 Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLETIN 44 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM 60 Fruit 0.0 0.0 -0.39 Duke, 1992 *
SERINE 1 Fruit 410.0 5576.0 0.68 Duke, 1992 *
SFA 0 Fruit 200.0 2478.0 -0.32 Duke, 1992 *
SILVER 3 Fruit 0.1 0.2 -0.23 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
Fungicide 11 Duke, 1992 *
Gastroprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Glutathionigenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hematopoietic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hemolytic 3 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hemorrhagic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hemostat 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hemostatic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hepatocarcinogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatomegalic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatoprotective 12 Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 210.
Hepatotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotropic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide 2 Angewandte Botanik 68(5/6)=1994. Page 195.
Herbistat 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Histamine-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Hydrocholerectic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypercholesterolemic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hypertensive 5 Duke, 1992 *