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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 *
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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
NO-Genic 2 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 5 Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Osmoregulator 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide 33 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Preservative 2 Merck 11th Edition