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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Solanum torvum (Solanaceae)

Common Names
Susumba, Wild Eggplant
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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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
ALKALOIDS 0 Fruit 3700.0 -0.25 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 40.0 275.0 -0.27 *
ASH 0 Fruit 11000.0 75000.0 0.47 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 4.0 27.0 -0.10 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 1040.0 7125.0 0.75 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 107000.0 733000.0 -0.27 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Plant *
CHLOROGENIN 3 Fruit *
FAT 0 Fruit 4000.0 27000.0 -0.44 *
FIBER 15 Fruit 61000.0 418000.0 2.61 *
IRON 6 Fruit 46.0 315.0 0.72 *
ISOCHLOROGENIC-ACID 4 Plant *
KILOCALORIES 0 Fruit 470.0 3220.0 -0.67 *
NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID 2 Plant *
NIACIN 39 Fruit 26.0 178.0 1.57 *
PECTINS 0 Leaf *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 700.0 4795.0 0.48 *
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 24000.0 164000.0 0.73 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 0.9 6.0 0.21 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Acidulant 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 (View) Ichikawa, K., et al. 1991. Isolation and Structure Determination of Aldose Reductase Inhibitors from Traditional Thai Medicine, and Syntheses of Their Derivatives. Sankyo Kenkyusho Nempo, 43: 99-110.
Allelochemic 1 (View) *
Allergenic 4 (View) *
Analgesic 4 (View) *
Androgenic? 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 2 (View) *
Antiacne 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodynic 1 (View) *
Antiadenoviral 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
AntiAGE 1 (View) Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant 2 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiaging 3 (View) *
Antiakathisic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 1 (View) *
Antiallergic 3 (View) *
Antialzheimeran 3 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiamblyopic 1 (View) *
Antiandrogenic 1 (View) *
Antianemic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th