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Plant Solanum torvum (Solanaceae)

Common Names
Susumba; Wild Eggplant
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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
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 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antiprostaglandin 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipsoriac 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipyretic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiradicular 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiRaynaud's 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiretinotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antirhinitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiscorbutic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic 4 Martindale's 28th
Antishingles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antispasmodic 3 Phytotherapy Research, 4: 73.
Antispermatogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antistaphylococcic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antistomatitic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antistress 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisunburn 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antisyndrome-X 1 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
Antitachycardic 1 Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.