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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHLOROGLUCINOL | 8 | Bulb | not available | 100.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHLOROGLUCINOL-CARBOXYLIC-ACID | 0 | Bulb | not available | 100.0 | not available | Hermann, K. 1958. Flavonols and Phenols of the Onion (Allium cepa). Arch. Pharm. (Weinheim), 291: 238-247. |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Bulb | 275.0 | 4038.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Leaf | 310.0 | 5513.0 | 0.10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYTOHORMONE | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYTOSTEROLS | 2 | Bulb | 150.0 | 1455.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| POLYSACCHARIDES | 0 | Bulb | 100000.0 | 400000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Bulb | 1514.0 | 22164.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROLINE | 0 | Bulb | 370.0 | 4033.0 | -1.00 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PROP-CIS-ENYL-PROPYL-DISULFIDE | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Kimura, K., Nishimura, H., Kimura, I., Iwata, I., Mizutani, J. 1984. Flavor Components of Roasted Onion. I. Changes in Flavor Components of Onion by Roasting. Nippon Eiyo Shokuryo Gakkaishi, 37(4): 343-347. |
| PROP-CIS-ENYL-PROPYL-TRISULFIDE | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Kimura, K., Nishimura, H., Kimura, I., Iwata, I., Mizutani, J. 1984. Flavor Components of Roasted Onion. I. Changes in Flavor Components of Onion by Roasting. Nippon Eiyo Shokuryo Gakkaishi, 37(4): 343-347. |
| PROP-TRANS-ENYL-PROPYL-DISULFIDE | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Kimura, K., Nishimura, H., Kimura, I., Iwata, I., Mizutani, J. 1984. Flavor Components of Roasted Onion. I. Changes in Flavor Components of Onion by Roasting. Nippon Eiyo Shokuryo Gakkaishi, 37(4): 343-347. |
| PROP-TRANS-ENYL-PROPYL-TRISULFIDE | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Kimura, K., Nishimura, H., Kimura, I., Iwata, I., Mizutani, J. 1984. Flavor Components of Roasted Onion. I. Changes in Flavor Components of Onion by Roasting. Nippon Eiyo Shokuryo Gakkaishi, 37(4): 343-347. |
| PROPAN-1-OL | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROPANAL | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| PROPANE-1-THIOL | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Wilkens, W. F. 1962. The Isolation and Identification of the Lachrymogenic Compound of Onion. Diss. Abstr. Int. B, 22: 3978. |
| PROPIONAL | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Wilkens, W. F. 1962. The Isolation and Identification of the Lachrymogenic Compound of Onion. Diss. Abstr. Int. B, 22: 3978. |
| PROPIONALDEHYDE | 2 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Wilkens, W. F. 1964. Isolation and Identification of the Lachrymogenic Compound of Onion. Cornell Univ., Agr. Expt. Sta. Mem. No., 385: 31 pp. |
| PROPIONALDEHYDE | 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-. |
| PROSTAGLANDIN-A | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Pobozsny, K., Tetenyi, P., Hethelyi, I., Kocsar, L., Mann, V. 1979. Biologically Active Substances: Investigations into the Prostaglandin Content of Allium Species. I. Herba Hung, 18(2): 71-81. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antitinnitic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antitriglyceride | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antitrypanosomic | 3 | Planta Medica, 57: A44, 1991. |
| Antitubercular | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor | 25 | Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977 |
| Antitumor (Bladder) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (brain) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Breast) | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Cervix) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (CNS) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Colon) | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Esophagus) | 1 | LAWSON in Koch, H. P. and Lawson, L. D., eds. 1996. Garlic- The Science and therapeutic application of Allium sativum L. and related species. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore. 329 pp. |
| Antitumor (Esophagus)? | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antitumor (Forestomach) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Gastric) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Intestine) | 1 | LAWSON in Koch, H. P. and Lawson, L. D., eds. 1996. Garlic- The Science and therapeutic application of Allium sativum L. and related species. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore. 329 pp. |
| Antitumor (Kidney) | 1 | Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46. |
| Antitumor (Liver) | 3 | LAWSON in Koch, H. P. and Lawson, L. D., eds. 1996. Garlic- The Science and therapeutic application of Allium sativum L. and related species. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore. 329 pp. |
| Antitumor (Lung) | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |