The search keywords contained “eggplant”, “Solanummelongena”, “aubergine”, “metabolic syndrome”, “diabetes”, “hyperglycemia”, “insulin”, “hypoglycemic”, “antihyperglycemic”, “antidiabetic”, “blood glucose”, “hypertension”, “blood pressure”, “hypotensive”, “antihypertensive”, “dyslipidemia”, “hyperlipidemia”, “high cholesterol”, “high triglyceride”, “hypercholesterolemia”, “hypertriglyceridemia”, “atherogenic”, “atherosclerosis”, “obesity”, “overweight”, “appetite”, “anti-obesity” and “weight loss”. This evidence concerns the gene INS and obesity due to melanocortin 4 receptor deficiency.