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

Common Names

Susumba; Wild Eggplant

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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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
ALKALOIDS	0	Fruit	not available	3700.0	-0.25	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Fruit	40.0	275.0	-0.27	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Fruit	11000.0	75000.0	0.47	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Fruit	4.0	27.0	-0.10	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Fruit	1040.0	7125.0	0.75	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Fruit	107000.0	733000.0	-0.27	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIN	3	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Fruit	4000.0	27000.0	-0.44	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Fruit	61000.0	418000.0	2.61	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Fruit	46.0	315.0	0.72	Duke, 1992 *
ISOCHLOROGENIC-ACID	4	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Fruit	470.0	3220.0	-0.67	Duke, 1992 *
NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Fruit	26.0	178.0	1.57	Duke, 1992 *
PECTINS	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Fruit	700.0	4795.0	0.48	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Fruit	24000.0	164000.0	0.73	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Fruit	0.9	6.0	0.21	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
Antixerophthalmic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anxiolytic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Asthma-preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Autotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist	2	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	8	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Carcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cardioprotective	4	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	3	Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue	2	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic	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.
Circulotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Clastogenic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active	2	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Stimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *