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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Seed | not available | 46800.0 | -0.59 | Wealth of India. |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Seed Oil | 260000.0 | 292900.0 | -0.15 | Duke, 1992 * |
| OXALIC-ACID | 9 | Bulb | not available | 10.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OXALIC-ACID | 9 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Gad, S. S., Esmat El-Zalaki, M., Hohamed, M. S., Mohasseb, S. Z. 1982. Oxalate Content of Some Leafy Vegetables and Dry Legumes Consumed Widely in Egypt. Food Chem., 8(3): 169-177. (Coll. Agric. Alexandria Univ. Ale.) |
| P-COUMARIC-ACID | 25 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-COUMARIC-ACID | 25 | 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. |
| P-COUMARIC-ACID | 25 | 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. |
| P-CYMENE | 16 | 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. |
| P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID | 13 | Bulb | not available | 107.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-HYDROXYBANZOIC-ACID | 0 | Bulb | not available | 107.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PAEONIDIN-GLYCOSIDE | 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. |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Bulb | 240.0 | 2325.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Seed | not available | 13140.0 | -0.43 | Wealth of India. |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Seed Oil | not available | 73000.0 | -0.72 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PANTOTHENIC-ACID | 11 | Bulb | 1.0 | 16.0 | 1.00 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PECTIN | 24 | 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. |
| PELARGONIDIN-MONOGLYCOSIDE | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Fuleki, T. 1969. The Anthocyanins of Strawberry, Rhubarb, Radish, and Onion. J. Food Sci., 34(4): 365-369. |
| PENTOSAN | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PEROXIDASE | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENYLALANINE | 7 | Bulb | 300.0 | 3270.0 | -1.00 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiamblyopic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianaphylactic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiandrogenic | 4 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antianemic | 3 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antianginal | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiangiogenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianorectic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antianorexic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antianxiety | 3 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiaphthic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiapoplectic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiapoptotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarabiflavinotic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiarrhythmic | 7 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antiarteriosclerotic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarthritic | 14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiasthmatic | 15 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiatherogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiatheromic | 1 | Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990. |
| Antiatherosclerotic | 14 | Duke, 1992 * |