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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 |
|---|---|---|
| PAF-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Papain-Inhibitor | 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. |
| Parasiticide | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Parasympathomimetic | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Pemphigenic | 1 | My Rodale Press Green Farmacy Draft, miscellaneous abstracts. |
| Percutaneostimulant | 2 | Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990. |
| Perfumery | 7 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Peristaltic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Pesticide | 49 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PGE2-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Phagocytotic | 6 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Phospholipase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Phytoalexin | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Phytohormonal | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Piscicide | 1 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| Pituitary-Stimulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Plasmodicide | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Preservative | 2 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Progesteronigenic | 1 | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |