Eggplant

Common name: Thai Eggplant, Yellow berried nightshade. In India, it is called Kantakar.

Scientific name: Solanum virginianum L.

Family SOLANACEAE

Thai people call it "Eggplant", but English people use the word Thai Eggplant, Green Brinjal, or Kantakari, which is the word Indians use to call it "Eggplant". If you look up all the names You will see different appearances of the eggplants. That's because this plant has over 400 relatives. Each species is different in appearance, shape, and taste, but the overall benefits are similar.

Eggplant is classified as a small herbaceous plant with a bush shape, straight stems, smooth surface, no rubber, arrowhead-shaped leaves, pointed leaf tips, rounded leaf bases. Flowers grow in the leaf axils, wheel-shaped, odorless, available in both white and purple. The fruit shape that we are familiar with is spherical, but there are also slender, oval forms. The fruit is smooth, firm, crisp, juicy, and mostly green. But it may be white, yellow or purple depending on the species. The inside is mucilaginous and has many seeds. When mature, the fruit will be yellow. And here are some examples of eggplant varieties that can be found in our country.

Eggplant has many good properties.

There are many benefits of eggplant. In addition, every part can be used from the roots, fruits, and leaves, which pharmaceutical information has discovered. In the fruit of the eggplant Contains calcium, iron, magnesium chloride.

In India, the whole brinjal plant has been extracted to extract alkaloids to treat fever, cough, and heart disease, and it has been found that the substances have the effect of stimulating the heart to contract more forcefully. But if used in excessive amounts, it will cause the heart to contract less. while international research results during the year 1967-1995 stated that brinjal fruit has the effect of reducing smooth muscle contraction, nourishing the heart, reducing blood pressure. and can fight cancer This is because brinjal fruit contains the glycoalkaloids solamargine, solasonine and the alkaloid solasodine without sugar molecules. When tested for the anti-cancer effects of these substances, it was found that All substances have anti-proliferative properties for colon and liver cancer cells.

But the medicinal properties of brinjal are not all. Because in India, an experiment was conducted using aqueous extract of brinjal fruit to reduce blood sugar levels in diabetic rats with Aloxan. The results of the experiment found that The extract has the effect of reducing blood sugar levels as well as the drug libenclamide. (glibenclamide) and there were additional tests that found This extract works similarly to insulin. It helps to enhance the efficient use of glucose and has a positive effect on the function of the pancreas.

The nutritional value of brinjal per 100 grams includes:

Energy 39 kilocalories

Fat 0.8 grams

Carbohydrates 8.8 grams

Protein 1.8 grams

2.5 grams of fiber

Calcium 38 milligrams

Iron 1.2 mg

Phosphorus 70 mg

Vitamin A 29 micrograms

Vitamin B1 Thiamine 0.07 mg.

Vitamin B2 Riboflavin 0.16 mg.

Vitamin B3 Niacin 2.4 mg.

Vitamin C 3 mg

Information: The Village Doctor Foundation. Morchonban Magazine, Volume 351, Column: Special Article. (Assoc. Prof. Dr. Suthatip Phamornprawat). “Eggplant reduces blood sugar”. [Online]. and https://medthai.com/