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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
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
Anticonvulsant 3 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Anticorneotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticoronary 5 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCrohn's 2 Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticystinuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidandruff 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidecubitic 3 Martindale's 28th
Antideliriant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidementia 6 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidepressant 11 Martindale's 28th
Antidepressant? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidermatitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidiabetic 11 Duke, 1992 *
Antidiabetic? 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Antidiarrheic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Antidiscotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Acetaminophen) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Aluminum) 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.