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
SELENIUM	60	Bulb	0.0	0.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
SELENO-HOME-CYSTINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SELENO-HOMOCYSTINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Hamilton, J. W. 1975. Chemical Examination of Seleniferous Onions, Allium cepa. Adv. Front Plant Sci., 30: 189-.
SELENO-METHIONINE	0	Bulb	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SELENO-METHIONINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Hamilton, J. W. 1975. Chemical Examination of Seleniferous Onions, Allium cepa. Adv. Front Plant Sci., 30: 189-.
SELENO-METHYL-SELENOCYSTEINE	0	Bulb	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SELENO-METHYL-SELENOCYSTEINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Hamilton, J. W. 1975. Chemical Examination of Seleniferous Onions, Allium cepa. Adv. Front Plant Sci., 30: 189-.
SELENO-METHYL-SELENOMETHIONINE	0	Bulb	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SELENO-METHYL-SELENOMETHIONINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Hamilton, J. W. 1975. Chemical Examination of Seleniferous Onions, Allium cepa. Adv. Front Plant Sci., 30: 189-.
SELENOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SERINE	1	Bulb	350.0	3815.0	-1.00	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SFA	0	Bulb	260.0	2520.0	not available	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SILICON	4	Bulb	1.0	75.0	not available	ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
SILVER	3	Bulb	0.0	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SINAPIC-ACID	9	Bulb	not available	not available	not available	Das, V. S. R., Rao, J. V. S. 1964. Phenolic Acids of Onion Plant. Curr. Sci., 33(15): 471-472.
SINAPIC-ACID	9	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Das, V. S. R., Rao, J. V. S. 1964. Phenolic Acids of Onion Plant. Curr. Sci., 33(15): 471-472.
SINAPIC-ACID	9	Root	not available	not available	not available	Das, V. S. R., Rao, J. V. S. 1964. Phenolic Acids of Onion Plant. Curr. Sci., 33(15): 471-472.
SODIUM	1	Bulb	8.0	2052.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM-PROP-CIS-1-ENYL-THIOSULFATE	0	Bulb	not available	not available	not available	Yamato, O., Yoshihara, T., Ichihara, A., Maede, Y. 1994. Novel Heinz Body Hemolysis Factors in Onion (Allium cepa). Biosci. Biotech. Biochem., 58(1): 221-222.
SODIUM-PROP-TRANS-1-ENYL-THIOSULFATE	0	Bulb	not available	not available	not available	Yamato, O., Yoshihara, T., Ichihara, A., Maede, Y. 1994. Novel Heinz Body Hemolysis Factors in Onion (Allium cepa). Biosci. Biotech. Biochem., 58(1): 221-222.

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
COMT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Contraceptive	2	Martindale's 28th
Convulsant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Copper-Antagonist	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Copper-Chelator	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cosmetic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COX-1-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor	7	Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor	12	Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-2E1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytoprotective	2	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Cytotoxic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Decalcifier	1	Merck 11th Edition
Deiodinase-Inhibitor	1	Jim Duke's personal files.
Deliriant	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Demulcent	2	Duke, 1992 *
Deodorant	1	Martindale's 29th
Depressant	2	Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Dermatitigenic	4	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.