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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLYCOLIC-ACID | 4 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Balansard, J., Arnoux, M. 1951. A Study of the Hepato-Renaldiuretics. III. The Active Principle of Onion Juice. Med. Trop. (Marseille), 11: 632-634. |
| GRAMISTEROL | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Itoh, T., Tamura, T., Mitsuhashi, T., Matsumoto, T. 1977. Sterols of Liliaceae. Phytochemistry, 16: 140-141. |
| HEXADECEN-1-OL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HISTIDINE | 7 | Bulb | 190.0 | 2071.0 | -1.00 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| IRON | 6 | Bulb | 2.0 | 135.0 | 0.78 | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Leaf | 34.0 | 436.0 | 0.18 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| IRON | 6 | Seed | not available | 235.0 | 0.39 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOLEUCINE | 3 | Bulb | 420.0 | 4578.0 | -1.00 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| ISOPROPYL-PROPYL-DISULFIDE | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| ISOPROPYL-PROPYL-TRISULFIDE | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| ISOQUERCITRIN | 22 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Kiviranta, J., Huovinen, K., Hiltunen, R. 1986. Variation of Flavonoids in Allium cepa. Planta Medica, 6: 517-518. |
| ISORHAMNETIN | 11 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Park, Y. K., Lee, C. Y. 1996. Identification of Isorhamnetin 4'-Glucoside in Onions. J. Agric. Food Chem., 44(1): 34-36. |
| ISORHAMNETIN-3-GLUCOSIDE | 1 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL | 75 | Bulb | not available | 2.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL-3,4'-DI-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Tissut, M., Ravanel, P. 1980. Assessment of Flavonols in Adult Leaves of Several Vegetative Vacuoles. Phytochemistry, 19: 2077-2081. |
| KAEMPFEROL-3-O-SOPHOROSIDE-7-O-GLUCURONIDE | 0 | Epidermis | not available | not available | not available | Urushibara, S. I., Kitayama, Y., Watanabe, T., Okuno, T., Watarai, A., Matsumoto, T. 1992. New Flavonol Glycosides, Major Determinants Inducing the Green Fluorescence in the Guard Cells of Allium cepa. Tetrahedron Lett., 33(9): 1213-1216. |
| KAEMPFEROL-4',7-DI-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Tissut, M., Ravanel, P. 1980. Assessment of Flavonols in Adult Leaves of Several Vegetative Vacuoles. Phytochemistry, 19: 2077-2081. |
| KAEMPFEROL-4'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Bulb | 380.0 | 3750.0 | 1.00 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Leaf | 260.0 | 3330.0 | 0.50 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Insecticide | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insectifuge | 10 | Tunon, H., Thorsell, W., and Bohlin, L. 1993. Mosquito Repelling Activity of Compounds Occurring in Achillea millefolium L. (Asteraceae). Economic Botany 48(2): 111-120, 1994. |
| Insectiphile | 4 | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
| Insulin-Sparing | 3 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Insulinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157. |
| Insulinic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insulinogenic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insulinotonic | 1 | J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079. |
| Interferon-Synergist | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Interferonogenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Irritant | 9 | Merck 11th Edition |
| JNK-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Juvabional | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Keratitigenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Keratolytic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Lachrymatory | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Larvicide | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Larvistat | 2 | 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. |
| Laxative | 11 | Duke, 1992 * |