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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
LYCOPENE 16 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYCOXANTHIN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE 4 Fruit 510.0 6320.0 0.57 Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit 85.0 1563.0 -0.26 Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Fruit 1.4 40.0 -0.14 Duke, 1992 *
MERCURY 1 Fruit 0.0 0.0 -0.79 Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE 15 Fruit 60.0 1487.0 0.65 Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM 2 Fruit 0.5 0.6 -0.37 Duke, 1992 *
MUFA 13 Fruit 90.0 1152.0 -0.24 Duke, 1992 *
N-TRANS-FERULOYL-OCTOPAMINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-TRANS-FERULOYL-TYRAMINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-TRANS-P-COUMAROYL-OCTOPAMINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-TRANS-P-COUMAROYL-TYRAMINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NASUNIN 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID 2 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Fruit 0.9 98.0 0.50 Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL 3 Fruit 0.7 0.8 -0.54 Duke, 1992 *
NITROGEN 0 Fruit 5400.0 10250.0 -0.31 Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Fruit 80.0 991.0 -0.47 Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID 9 Fruit not available 291.0 -0.29 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
Urine-Acidifier 1 Martindale's 28th
Urine-Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Uterorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Uterosedative 2 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Varroacide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vasoconstrictor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator 8 Duke, 1992 *
Vasomotor-Stimulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor 2 Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vertigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary 6 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).