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Common Names
Onion; Shallot
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEAD | 0 | Bulb | 0.0 | 1.4 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LEUCINE | 2 | Bulb | 410.0 | 4469.0 | -1.00 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Osman, S. A. 1980. Chemical and Biological Studies of Onion and Garlic in an Attempt to Isolate a Hypoclycaemic Extract. Abstr. 4th Asian Symp. Med. Plants Spices Bangkok, Thailand, September 15-19: 117. |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Seed | 103500.0 | 106200.0 | -0.01 | Wealth of India. |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Seed Oil | 575000.0 | 590600.0 | 0.78 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LITHIUM | 11 | Bulb | 0.2 | 0.3 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LOPHENOL | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Itoh, T., Tamura, T., Mitsuhashi, T., Matsumoto, T. 1977. Sterols of Liliaceae. Phytochemistry, 16: 140-141. |
| LUTEIN | 15 | Bulb | not available | 0.0 | not available | Granado, F., Olmedilla, B., Blanco, I., Rojas-Hidalgo, E. 1992. Carotenoid Composition in Raw and Cooked Spanish Vegetables. J. Agr. Food Chem., 40(11): 2135-2140. |
| LYSINE | 4 | Bulb | 560.0 | 6104.0 | -1.00 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Bulb | 76.0 | 1230.0 | 0.73 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MALIC-ACID | 15 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Soldatenkov, S. V., Mazurova, T. A., Ranteleev, A. N. 1960. Organic Acids of Onion and Spinach. Trudy Petergof Biol. Inst., Leningrad Gosudarst Univ Im AA Zhdanova, 18: 55-61. |
| MALIC-ACID | 15 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Soldatenkov, S. V., Mazurova, T. A., Ranteleev, A. N. 1960. Organic Acids of Onion and Spinach. Trudy Petergof Biol. Inst., Leningrad Gosudarst Univ Im AA Zhdanova, 18: 55-61. |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Bulb | 1.0 | 38.0 | 1.40 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Seed | not available | 19.4 | -0.43 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MELATONIN | 23 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Hattori, A., et. al. 1995. Identification of Melatonin in Plants and its Effects on Plasma Melatonin Levels and Binding to Melatonin Receptors in Vertebrates. Biochem. Mol. Biol. Int., 35(3): 627-634. |
| MERCURY | 1 | Bulb | not available | 0.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHANETHIOL | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| METHANOL | 2 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHANOL | 2 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Burtsev, A. F., Pashchenko, T. W., Rik, G. R. 1974. Mass-Spectrometric Analysis of Volatile Phytonocide Substances of Cucumber and Common Onion Leaves. Fiziol Biokhim Kul't Rast, 6: 516-. |
| METHIONINE | 15 | Bulb | 100.0 | 1090.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antihydrophobic | 1 | Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart. |
| Antihyperactivity | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antihyperammonemic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihypercholesterolemic | 3 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antihyperglycemic | 2 | Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp. |
| Antihyperinsulinemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihyperkeratotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihyperkinetic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihyperleptinemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihyperlipidemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihyperlipoproteinaemic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antihypertensive | 12 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antihyperthyroid | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihypoglycemic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiichythyotic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiielus? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiimplantation | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiimpotence | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiinfarctal | 1 | Soumyanath, A. Ed. 2006. Traditional Medicines for Modern Times - Antidiabetic Plants. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. Boca Raton, FL. 314 pp. |
| Antiinfective | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |