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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Prolactinogenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Proliferant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prooxidant | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Propecic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandigenic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandin-Sparer | 1 | Fujita, T., Nakatani, E., Funaishi, N., Sakuma, S., Fujimoto, Y. Potent inhibition of prostaglandin inactivation in rabbit gastric antral mucosal slices by selenium ions in-vitro. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 655-657, 1990. |
| Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandin-Synthetase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor | 2 | Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14. |
| Protisticide | 4 | Martindale's 29th |
| PTK-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Pyrogenic | 1 | Conradson, T. B. G., Dixon, C. M. S., Clarke, B., Barnes, P. J. 1987. Cardiovascular Effects of Infused Adenosine in Man: Potentiation by Dipyridamole. Acta Physiol Scand, 129(3): 387-391. |
| Quinone-Reductase-Inducer | 9 | Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103. |
| Radioprotective | 2 | 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. |
| Refrigerant | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Renotoxic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Respirastimulant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Retinoprotectant Optometry | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Roborant | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Rubefacient | 1 | Martindale's 29th |