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Plant 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 not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
9-OXO-NEROLIDOL 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE 3 Fruit 420.0 6815.0 1.22 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Fruit 70.0 867.0 -0.76 Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM 5 Fruit 10.0 16.0 -0.22 Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE 14 Fruit 610.0 7559.0 0.87 Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC 2 Fruit 0.0 0.0 -0.53 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 13.0 947.0 -0.23 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 790.0 5809.0 0.10 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Fruit 5000.0 80000.0 0.60 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Leaf 20000.0 147000.0 0.50 Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Fruit 1770.0 21933.0 1.55 Duke, 1992 *
AUBERGENONE 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BARIUM 0 Fruit 3.5 5.6 -1.02 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMINO-4-ETHYL-GLYOXALINE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 0.0 6.0 -0.14 Duke, 1992 *
BORON 4 Fruit 1.0 8.0 -0.64 Duke, 1992 *
CADMIUM 3 Fruit 0.3 0.4 0.65 Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiatherosclerotic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 9 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiberiberi 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiBPH 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchoconstrictor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer 4 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Bladder) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Cervix) 2 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Anticancer (Colon) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Esophagus)? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticancer (Forestomach) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Liver) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Prostate) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Skin) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticarcinogenic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticarcinomic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).