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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Hypnotic	1	Martindale's 29th
Hypoammonemic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoarginanemic	1	Martindale's 29th
Hypocholesterolemic	15	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic	9	Duke, 1992 *
Hypolipidemic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive	12	Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Hypouricemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ileorelaxant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator	7	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant	9	Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Immunosuppressant	3	Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide	4	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insectifuge	8	Tunon, H., Thorsell, W., and Bohlin, L. 1993. Mosquito Repelling Activity of Compounds Occurring in Achillea millefolium L. (Asteraceae). Economic Botany 48(2): 111-120, 1994.
Insectifuge?	1	Martindale's 28th
Insulin-Sparing	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Insulinase-Inhibitor	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Insulinogenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Insulinotonic	1	J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Interferon-Synergist	1	Duke, 1992 *