Plant Solanum melongena (Solanaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

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
VALINE	3	Fruit	550.0	7063.0	0.54	Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIN	28	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VIT-B-6	0	Fruit	0.9	11.6	0.57	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Fruit	905000.0	932000.0	0.70	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Leaf	not available	864000.0	0.28	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Fruit	18.0	25.6	-0.14	Duke, 1992 *
ZIRCONIUM	0	Fruit	1.4	1.6	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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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).