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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SODIUM-PROPYL-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. |
| SPIRAEOSIDE | 4 | Bulb | 10000.0 | 11300.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SPIRAEOSIDE | 4 | Epidermis | not available | not available | not available | Ito, Y., Ono, M., Masuoka, C., Yahara, S., Nohara, T. 1995. Hyaluronidase Inhibitors of Onion (Allium cepa L.) Skin. Kyushu Tokai Daigaku Nogakubu Kiyo, 14: 43-48. |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Bulb | 20.0 | 195.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Seed | not available | 6300.0 | -0.43 | Wealth of India. |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Seed Oil | not available | 35000.0 | -0.65 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMAST-7-EN-3-BETA-OL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Kintia, P. K., Degtiaryova, L. P., Balashova, N. N., Shvets, S. A. 1987. Sterols and Steroidal Glycosides of Bulb Onion Seeds. Fecs. Int. Conf. Chem. Biotechol. Biol. Act. Nat. Prod., (Proc.) 3rd: 166-170. |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Bulb | not available | 40.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Kintia, P. K., Degtiaryova, L. P., Balashova, N. N., Shvets, S. A. 1987. Sterols and Steroidal Glycosides of Bulb Onion Seeds. Fecs. Int. Conf. Chem. Biotechol. Biol. Act. Nat. Prod., (Proc.) 3rd: 166-170. |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Grujic-Injac, B., Basarevic-Dinic, L., Lajsic, S., Stefanovic, D. 1985. Chemical Analysis of Seed Oil of the Onion (Allium cepa). Hrana Ishrana, 25: 167-169 (Inst Ishr Vet Fak Belgrade, Yugoslavia) |
| STRONTIUM | 0 | Bulb | 57.0 | 162.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SUCCINIC-ACID | 7 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Soldatenkov, S. V., Mazurova, T. A., Ranteleev, A. N. 1960. Organic Acids of Onion and Spinach. Trudy Petergof Biol. Inst., Leningrad Gosudarst Univ Im AA Zhdanova, 18: 55-61. |
| SUCCINIC-ACID | 7 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Soldatenkov, S. V., Mazurova, T. A., Ranteleev, A. N. 1960. Organic Acids of Onion and Spinach. Trudy Petergof Biol. Inst., Leningrad Gosudarst Univ Im AA Zhdanova, 18: 55-61. |
| SUCROSE | 14 | 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. |
| SUCROSE | 14 | 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. |
| SUGARS | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Malkki, Y., Nikkila, O. E., Aalto, M. 1978. The Composition and Aroma of Onions and Influencing Factors. J. Sci. Agr. Soc. Finland, 50: 103-. |
| SULFUR | 14 | Bulb | 80.0 | 4075.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TARTARIC-ACID | 6 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Bulb | 0.3 | 6.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Leaf | 0.5 | 6.4 | -0.40 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| 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. |