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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
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
Interferonogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Irritant 4 Merck 11th Edition
Juvabional 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Keratolytic 1 Martindale's 29th
Larvistat 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Laxative 4 Duke, 1992 *
Leptingenic 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
Leukotriene-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Lipotropic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 3 Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lithogenic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Lubricant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lyase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Lymphocytogenic 1 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
MAO-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Membranolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Memorigenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Memranolytic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Metal-Chelator 3 McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.