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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| METHIONINE-METHYLSULFONIUM | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHIONINE-METHYLSULFONIUM-SALT | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Renis, H. E., Henze, R. E. 1957. Studies on Sulfur Compounds from Onion. Diss. Abstr. Int. B, 17: 1456-1457. |
| METHIONINE-SULFONE | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Renis, H. E., Henze, R. E. 1957. Studies on Sulfur Compounds from Onion. Diss. Abstr. Int. B, 17: 1456-1457. |
| METHYL-ALLIIN | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| METHYL-CIS-PROPENYL-DISULFIDE | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| METHYL-CIS-PROPENYL-DISULFIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-CIS-PROPENYL-TRISULFIDE | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-DITHIO-METHANE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Albrand, M., Dubois, P., Etievant, P., Gelin, R., Tokarska, B. 1980. Identification of a New Volatile Compound in Onion (Allium cepa) and Leek (Allium porum): 3,4-dimethyl-2,5-dioxo-2,5-dihydrothiophene. J. Agric. Food Chem., 28(5): 1037-1038. |
| METHYL-METHANE-THIOSULFINATE | 0 | Fruit Juice | not available | not available | not available | Schmidt, N. E., et. al. 1996. Rapid Extraction Method of Quantitating the Lachrymatory Factor of Onion Using Gas Chromatography. J. Agric. Food Chem., 44(9): 2690-2693. |
| METHYL-N-PROPANE-THIOSULFINATE | 0 | Fruit Juice | not available | not available | not available | Schmidt, N. E., et. al. 1996. Rapid Extraction Method of Quantitating the Lachrymatory Factor of Onion Using Gas Chromatography. J. Agric. Food Chem., 44(9): 2690-2693. |
| METHYL-PROPENYL-TRISULFIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-PROPYL-DISULFIDE | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-PROPYL-DISULFIDE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jirovetz, L., Koch, H. P., Jager, W., Remberg, G. 1992. Investigations of German Onion Oil by GC-FID, GC-MS and GC-FTIR. Pharmazie, 47(6): 455-456. |
| METHYL-PROPYL-TETRASULFIDE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jirovetz, L., Koch, H. P., Jager, W., Remberg, G. 1992. Investigations of German Onion Oil by GC-FID, GC-MS and GC-FTIR. Pharmazie, 47(6): 455-456. |
| METHYL-TRANS-PROPENYL-DISULFIDE | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| METHYL-TRANS-PROPENYL-TRISULFIDE | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| METHYLPROPYL-TRISULFIDE | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYLPROPYL-TRISULFIDE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jirovetz, L., Koch, H. P., Jager, W., Remberg, G. 1992. Investigations of German Onion Oil by GC-FID, GC-MS and GC-FTIR. Pharmazie, 47(6): 455-456. |
| MEVALONIC-ACID | 0 | Bulb | not available | 0.5 | not available | Wills, R. B. H., Scurr, E. V. 1975. Mevalonic Acid Concentrations in Fruit and Vegetable Tissues. Phytochemistry, 14: 1643. |
| MOLYBDENUM | 2 | Bulb | 0.1 | 2.3 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Estrogenic? | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Expectorant | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| Fatal | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Febrifuge | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Fibrinolytic | 2 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| Fistula-Preventive | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Flatugenic | 2 | Singh, J., Gupta, K., and Arora, S.K. 1993. Changes in the anti-nutritional factors of developing seeds and pod walls of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum L.). Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 46: 77-84, 1994. |
| Flatulent | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FLavor | 16 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Fungicide | 16 | Martindale's 29th |
| Fungistat | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| GABA-nergic | 1 | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |
| Gastroprotective | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glucogonogenic | 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. |
| Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glutathione-Depleting | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glutathionergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glutathionigenic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Goitrogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gonadotrophic | 2 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |