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 |
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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 |
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Gram(+)icide | 3 | 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. |
Gram(-)icide | 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. |
GT-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Hemolytic | 2 | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
Hemopoietic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Hemostat | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
Hemostatic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
Hepatocarcinogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Hepatomagenic | 2 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp. |
Hepatoprotective | 17 | Duke, 1992 * |
Hepatotonic | 1 | Fitoterapia No.5-1986. |
Hepatotoxic | 4 | Martindale's 29th |
Hepatotropic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Herbicide | 4 | Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp. |
Histamine-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
HIV-RT-Inhibitor | 2 | Garcia, J., Morin,* C., Nyasse, B., Sondengam, B-L., Tchouankeu, J-C., and Tsamo, E. Complete Structural Assignments Of An Ergosterol Derivative From Entandrophragma utile. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 136-142, 1991. |
Hydrocholerectic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
Hypercholesterolemic | 3 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
Hyperglycemic | 2 | Merck 11th Edition |
Hypertensive | 3 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |