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

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
FIBER	15	Fruit	9000.0	137000.0	-0.04	Duke, 1992 *
FOLACIN	15	Fruit	0.1	2.6	0.23	Duke, 1992 *
GABA	22	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-HYDROXYGLUTAMIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID	8	Fruit	2010.0	24907.0	0.91	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE	12	Fruit	320.0	5452.0	0.71	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCOALKALOIDS	0	Fruit	280.0	470.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
HCN	9	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE	7	Fruit	240.0	3098.0	0.97	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Fruit	3.0	137.0	0.02	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Leaf	155.0	1140.0	1.97	Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE	3	Fruit	480.0	5948.0	0.69	Duke, 1992 *
ISOSCOPOLETIN	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Fruit	250.0	3370.0	-0.44	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Leaf	150.0	2790.0	-0.37	Duke, 1992 *
LEAD	0	Fruit	1.4	1.6	-0.40	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE	2	Fruit	570.0	8550.0	0.73	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Fruit	350.0	4337.0	-0.29	Duke, 1992 *
LITHIUM	11	Fruit	0.3	0.3	-0.66	Duke, 1992 *
LUBIMIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	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
AntiHIV	5	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihomocysteine	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihomocystinuric	1	Martindale's 29th
Antihyperactivity	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperammonemic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antihypercholesterolemic	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperglycemic	1	Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Antihyperkeratotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperkinetic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihypertensive	10	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperthyroid	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihypoglycemic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiichythyotic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiielus?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiimpotence	2	Martindale's 29th
Antiinfective	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory	13	Duke, 1992 *
Antiinsomniac	5	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomniac?	1	Martindale's 29th