Plant Allium cepa (Liliaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Onion; Shallot

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
TYROSINE	8	Bulb	290.0	3161.0	-1.00	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VALINE	3	Bulb	270.0	2943.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIC-ACID	24	Bulb	not available	258.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
VIT-B-6	0	Bulb	1.0	18.0	not available	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
WATER	0	Bulb	866000.0	918000.0	0.78	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Leaf	not available	922000.0	0.57	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
XYLITOL	10	Bulb	not available	not available	not available	Counsell, J. N., Roberton, D. J. 1976. Xylitol-A Sweetener Which is Kind to the Teeth. Food Process Ind., 45(54): 24-26.
XYLOSE	3	Bulb	not available	not available	not available	Sinha, A. 1959. Chemical Examination of Allium cepa. I. Glycosidic and Sugar Fractions. Indian J. Appl. Chem., 22: 89-91.
ZEAXANTHIN	5	Bulb	not available	not available	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.
ZINC	77	Bulb	2.0	53.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Seed	not available	34.0	-0.32	Duke, 1992 *
ZIRCONIUM	0	Bulb	0.8	1.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antitumor (Mouth)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Pancreas)	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 (Prostate)	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	9	Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer	16	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcerogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiuremic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiuricosuric	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antivaccinia	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antivaginitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antivaricose	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antivertigo	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	18	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antivitiligic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antixerophthalmic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.