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
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 *