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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QUINIC-ACID | 1 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RAFFINOSE | 1 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Osman, S. A. 1980. Chemical and Biological Studies of Onion and Garlic in an Attempt to Isolate a Hypoclycaemic Extract. Abstr. 4th Asian Symp. Med. Plants Spices Bangkok, Thailand, September 15-19: 117. |
| RAFFINOSE | 1 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Osman, S. A. 1980. Chemical and Biological Studies of Onion and Garlic in an Attempt to Isolate a Hypoclycaemic Extract. Abstr. 4th Asian Symp. Med. Plants Spices Bangkok, Thailand, September 15-19: 117. |
| RHAMNOSE | 0 | 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. |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Bulb | 0.4 | 15.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| RIBOSE | 0 | 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. |
| RUBIDIUM | 0 | Bulb | 0.1 | 6.6 | not available | ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980 |
| RUTIN | 87 | Bulb | not available | 14000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| S-(2-CARBOXY-PROPYL)-GLUTATHIONE | 0 | Bulb | not available | 125.0 | -1.00 | Tsuboi, S., Kishimoto, S., Ohmori, S. 1989. S-(2-carboxypropyl)glutathione in Vegetables in Liliflorae. J. Agric. Food Chem. 37(3): 611-615. |
| S-(BETA-CARBOXY-BETA-METHYL-ETHYL)-CYSTEINE | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Virtamen, A. I., Matikkala, E. J. 1960. New Gamma-Glutamyl Peptides in Onion (Allium cepa). I. Gamma-glutamylphenylalanine and gamma-glutamyl-s-(beta-carboxy-beta-methylethyl)-cysteinylglycine. Suomen Kemistilehti, 33B: 83-84. |
| S-(BETA-CARBOXYBETA-METHYL-ETHER)-CYSTEINE | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| S-ALLYL-CYSTEINE | 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. |
| S-METHYL-CYSTEINE | 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. |
| S-METHYL-CYSTEINE-SULFOXIDE | 2 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Kumari, K., Augusti, K. T. 1995. Antidiabetic Effects of S-Methylcysteine Sulphoxide on Alloxan Diabetes. Planta Medica, 61(1): 72-74. |
| S-PROP-1-ENYL-CYSTEINE-S-OXIDE | 0 | Bulb | not available | 26.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| S-PROPYL-CYSTEINE-SULFOXIDE | 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. |
| SALICYLATES | 7 | Bulb | 1.0 | 20.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SAPONIN | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SAPONINS | 5 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| SATIOMEM | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Upreti, R. K., Ahmad, S., Shukla, S., Kidwai, A. M. 1994. Experimental Anorexigenic Effect of a Membrane Proteoglycan Isolated from Plants. J. Ethnopharmacology, 42(1): 53-61. |
| 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. |