Table 38.

Summary results of literature reports on total glycoalkloid (TGA) concentrations in aubergine

Country	Year of survey	Aubergine species	N	TGA average (mg/kg fw)c	Range (mg/kg fw)	Analytical technique	Reference
IN	1979	S. melongena a	21	113	65–205	Colourimetric	Bajaj et al. (1979)
UK	1981	S. melongena b	2	79	76–82	Colourimetric	Jones and Fenwick (1981)
TR	2006	S. melongena b	1	< LOQ (10)	–	HPLC‐UV	Eanes et al. (2006)
ES	2010	S. melongena a	3	14.3	11–20	LC‐MS/MS	Sánchez‐Mata et al. (2010)
		S. macrocarpon a	4	1639	1,402–2,210
		S. aethiopicum a	3	19.5	10–54
IT	2012	S. melongena, unripea	10	10.2d	0.6–19.6d	HPLC‐UV	Mennella et al. (2012)
		S. melongena, commercial statea	10	20.6d	< 0.02–85d
		S. melongena, physiologically ripea	10	163d	25.0–403d
		S. aethiopicum, unripea	1	527	–
		S. aethiopicum, commercial stagea	1	193	–
		S. aethiopicum, physiologically ripea	1	349	–
IT	2016	S. melongena, commercial statea	3	311d	231–430d	HPLC‐UV	Lo Scalzo et al. (2016)
IT	2019	S. melongena, commercial statea	3	435d	–	LC‐HRMS	Lelario et al. (2019)

TGA: total glycoalkaloids; LC: liquid chromatography; UV: ultraviolet; MS: mass spectrometry; MS/MS: tandem MS; HR: high resolution; HP: high performance.

^aField trial.

^bRetail.

^cAverage as reported by the authors or calculated based on the provided individual data.

^dConcentrations were presented as dry weight; fresh weight concentrations have been calculated based on the water content of the samples as provided in the publication.