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
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
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.