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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Solanum melongena (Solanaceae)

Common Names
Aubergine; Eggplant
How this plant is used
Food
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE 15 Fruit *
9-OXO-NEROLIDOL 2 Plant *
ALANINE 3 Fruit 420.0 6815.0 1.22 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Fruit 70.0 867.0 -0.76 *
ALUMINUM 5 Fruit 10.0 16.0 -0.22 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Seed *
ARGININE 14 Fruit 610.0 7559.0 0.87 *
ARSENIC 2 Fruit 0.0 0.0 -0.53 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 13.0 947.0 -0.23 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 790.0 5809.0 0.10 *
ASH 0 Fruit 5000.0 80000.0 0.60 *
ASH 0 Leaf 20000.0 147000.0 0.50 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Fruit 1770.0 21933.0 1.55 *
AUBERGENONE 2 Plant *
BARIUM 0 Fruit 3.5 5.6 -1.02 *
BETA-AMINO-4-ETHYL-GLYOXALINE 0 Fruit *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 0.0 6.0 -0.14 *
BORON 4 Fruit 1.0 8.0 -0.64 *
CADMIUM 3 Fruit 0.3 0.4 0.65 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Fruit *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
NO-Genic 2 *
NO-Inhibitor 1 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 5 Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Osmoregulator 1 *
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Oviposition-Stimulant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Oxidant 2 Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Parasiticide 1 Martindale's 29th
Parasympathomimetic 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Percutaneostimulant 2 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfumery 4 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Peristaltic 1 *
Pesticide 33 *
Phagocytotic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Phytoalexin 3 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Phytohormonal 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pigment 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pituitary-Stimulant 1 *
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 *
Preservative 2 Merck 11th Edition