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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
VALINE 3 Fruit 550.0 7063.0 0.54 *
VANILLIN 28 Root *
VIT-B-6 0 Fruit 0.9 11.6 0.57 *
WATER 0 Fruit 905000.0 932000.0 0.70 *
WATER 0 Leaf 864000.0 0.28 *
ZINC 77 Fruit 18.0 25.6 -0.14 *
ZIRCONIUM 0 Fruit 1.4 1.6 -0.41 *
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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 *
AntiCrohn's 2 Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS 1 *
Anticystinuric 1 *
Antidandruff 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidecubitic 3 Martindale's 28th
Antideliriant 1 *
Antidementia 6 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidepressant 11 Martindale's 28th
Antidepressant? 1 *
Antidermatitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidiabetic 11 *
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.