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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 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Metal-Chelator (Copper) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Metastatic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
Molluscicide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Monoamine-Precursor 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic 1 Martindale's 28th
Musculotropic 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Mutagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Myostimulant 2 UNESCO. 1960. Medicinal Plants of the Arid Zones. eds.(botany) I.C. Chopra, B.K. Abrol and K.L. Hands; eds (pharmacology), R. Paris and G. Dillemann UNESCO, Place de Fontenoy, Paris 7E. 96 pp.
Narcotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Natriuretic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Nematicide 2 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Nephrotoxic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Neuroexcitant 1 Martindale's 28th
Neuroinhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Neuroprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Neurotoxic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Neurotransmitter 2 Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *