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Common Names
Onion; Shallot
How this plant is used
Food
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLYCOLIC-ACID | 4 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Balansard, J., Arnoux, M. 1951. A Study of the Hepato-Renaldiuretics. III. The Active Principle of Onion Juice. Med. Trop. (Marseille), 11: 632-634. |
| GRAMISTEROL | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Itoh, T., Tamura, T., Mitsuhashi, T., Matsumoto, T. 1977. Sterols of Liliaceae. Phytochemistry, 16: 140-141. |
| HEXADECEN-1-OL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HISTIDINE | 7 | Bulb | 190.0 | 2071.0 | -1.00 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| IRON | 6 | Bulb | 2.0 | 135.0 | 0.78 | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Leaf | 34.0 | 436.0 | 0.18 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| IRON | 6 | Seed | not available | 235.0 | 0.39 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOLEUCINE | 3 | Bulb | 420.0 | 4578.0 | -1.00 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| ISOPROPYL-PROPYL-DISULFIDE | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| ISOPROPYL-PROPYL-TRISULFIDE | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| ISOQUERCITRIN | 22 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Kiviranta, J., Huovinen, K., Hiltunen, R. 1986. Variation of Flavonoids in Allium cepa. Planta Medica, 6: 517-518. |
| ISORHAMNETIN | 11 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Park, Y. K., Lee, C. Y. 1996. Identification of Isorhamnetin 4'-Glucoside in Onions. J. Agric. Food Chem., 44(1): 34-36. |
| ISORHAMNETIN-3-GLUCOSIDE | 1 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL | 75 | Bulb | not available | 2.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL-3,4'-DI-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Tissut, M., Ravanel, P. 1980. Assessment of Flavonols in Adult Leaves of Several Vegetative Vacuoles. Phytochemistry, 19: 2077-2081. |
| KAEMPFEROL-3-O-SOPHOROSIDE-7-O-GLUCURONIDE | 0 | Epidermis | not available | not available | not available | Urushibara, S. I., Kitayama, Y., Watanabe, T., Okuno, T., Watarai, A., Matsumoto, T. 1992. New Flavonol Glycosides, Major Determinants Inducing the Green Fluorescence in the Guard Cells of Allium cepa. Tetrahedron Lett., 33(9): 1213-1216. |
| KAEMPFEROL-4',7-DI-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Tissut, M., Ravanel, P. 1980. Assessment of Flavonols in Adult Leaves of Several Vegetative Vacuoles. Phytochemistry, 19: 2077-2081. |
| KAEMPFEROL-4'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Bulb | 380.0 | 3750.0 | 1.00 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Leaf | 260.0 | 3330.0 | 0.50 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Bruchiphobe | 2 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Calcium-Antagonist | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Calcium-Channel-Blocker | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Calmodulin-Antagonist | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cancer-Preventive | 43 | Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp. |
| Cancer-Preventive (Esophagus) | 1 | Abstract (See species file) |
| Candidicide | 5 | 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. |
| Capillarigenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Capillariprotective | 2 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Carcinogenic | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cardiac | 1 | Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990. |
| Cardiodepressant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cardiomyopathogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Cardioprotective | 12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cardiotonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cardiotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cardiovascular | 1 | Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006. |
| Caspase-8-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Catabolic | 3 | Tramil |