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
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 *

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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.