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Solanum melongena

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 11 constituent measurements for Solanum melongena. This page reports what those source records contain and how to reach them. It carries no effect estimate, no dose and no recommendation.

Accepted name in source: Solanum melongena L.

11Constituent measurements

0Safety records

5Cited sources

0Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

No Health Canada licensed natural health product in the snapshot names this species as a medicinal ingredient under this exact binomial. Absence here means absence from this one register under this one name, not absence from trade, and not a safety verdict.

What the records describe

Constituents measured

Plant parts

Preparations

Recorded constituents

What analytical work has found in this species, at which plant part and preparation. A measured constituent is a fact about material, not about effect.

Substance	Plant part	Preparation	Concentration	Analytical method	Source
Solamargine	Fruit unspecified	Solvent extraction	≥ 0.85 Milligram/100 gram	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)	Resolve DOI
Solamargine	Fruit unspecified	Solvent extraction	≤ 1.61 Milligram/100 gram	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)	Resolve DOI
Solanidine	—	—	—	—	Resolve DOI
Solasodine	—	—	—	—	Resolve DOI
Solasonine	Fruit unspecified	Solvent extraction	≤ 0.4 Milligram/100 gram	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)	Resolve DOI
Solasonine	Fruit unspecified	Solvent extraction	≥ 0.27 Milligram/100 gram	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)	Resolve DOI
Alkaloids	Leaves	Fresh	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Saponins	Leaves	—	3 Percent	Hemoglobin electrophoresis	No resolvable identifier
Solasodine	Fruit unspecified	Solvent extraction	—	Unspecified	No resolvable identifier
Solasonine	Fruit unspecified	Solvent extraction	—	Unspecified	No resolvable identifier
Tannins	Leaves	Fresh	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier

Cited sources

The literature the compendium cites for this species. Metatron Health has no relationship with these authors or journals and earns nothing from citing them.

Hussein, Laila., El-Fouly, Mohamed M., El-Baz, F. K., Ghanem, S. A. Nutritional quality and the presence of anti-nutritional factors in leaf protein concentrates (LPC). International journal of food sciences and nutrition, 1999, p. 333-343.
Sanchez-Mata, Maria-Cortes., Yokoyama, Wallace E., Hong, Yun-Jeong., Prohens, Jaime. alpha-Solasonine and alpha-Solamargine Contents of Gboma (Solanum macrocarpon L.) and Scarlet (Solanum aethiopicum L.) Eggplants . Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 2010, vol. 58, no. 9, p. 5502-5508. DOI
Mutalik, S., Paridhavi, K., Mallikarjuna Rao, C., Udupa, N. Antipyretic and analgesic effect of leaves of Solanum melongena Linn. in rodents. . Indian journal of pharmacology, 2003, vol. 35, no. 5, p. 312-315.
Friedman, M., Henika, P.R., Mackey, B.E. Feeding of potato, tomato and eggplant alkaloids affects food consumption and body and liver weights in mice. Journal of nutrition, 1996, vol. 126, no. 4, p. 989-999.
Friedman, M., Henika, P.R., Mackey, B.E. Effect of feeding solanidine, solasodine and tomatidine to non-pregnant and pregnant mice. Food and chemical toxicology, 2003, vol. 41, no. 1, p. 61-71. DOI

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A constituent measurement is a fact about material at a stated preparation, not a statement about what that material does in a person. An adverse-effect or genotoxicity record is an observation reported in a source, most often in an animal or laboratory model. Neither is a Metatron Health conclusion about causality, human risk or benefit, and the absence of a record is not proof that a preparation is safe. Nothing here is diagnosis, prescribing or individual medical care.

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