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
SODIUM	1	Fruit	20.0	2150.0	0.02	Duke, 1992 *
SOLAMARGINE	9	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SOLANIDINE	5	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SOLANINE	26	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SOLASODINE	18	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SOLASONINE	11	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Fruit	50.0	620.0	-0.24	Duke, 1992 *
STRONTIUM	0	Fruit	2.0	5.6	-1.02	Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE	14	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SUGAR	0	Fruit	20000.0	30000.0	-1.07	Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR	14	Fruit	126.0	152.0	-0.88	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Fruit	not available	2000.0	-0.89	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Fruit	0.4	10.0	0.60	Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE	4	Fruit	380.0	4957.0	0.81	Duke, 1992 *
TITANIUM	0	Fruit	0.4	0.4	-0.74	Duke, 1992 *
TRIGONELLINE	15	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTAMINE	4	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN	29	Fruit	100.0	1239.0	0.55	Duke, 1992 *
TYRAMINE	11	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE	8	Fruit	250.0	3593.0	0.49	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