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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9,12,13-TRIHYDROXY-OCTADEC-10-ENOIC-ACID | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 9,1O,13-TRIHYDROXY-OCTADEC-11-ENOIC-ACID | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ABSCISIC-ACID | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Karmelyuk, L. V., Fel'dman, A. L., Gusar, Z. D., Markh, A. T., Korableva, N. P. 1982. Determination of Abscisic Acid in Common Onion Tissues. Fiziol Biokhim Kul't Rast, 14: 295-298. |
| ABSCISSIC-ACID | 3 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACE-AMP-1 | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Tassin, S., et. al. 1998. Solution Structure of Ace-Amp1, a Potent Antimicrobial Protein Extracted from Onion Seeds. Structural Analogies with Plant Nonspecific Lipid Transfer Proteins. Biochemistry, 37(11): 3623-3637. |
| ACETAL | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Wilkens, W. F. 1962. The Isolation and Identification of the Lachrymogenic Compound of Onion. Diss. Abstr. Int. B, 22: 3978. |
| ACETIC-ACID | 16 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Wilkens, W. F. 1964. Isolation and Identification of the Lachrymogenic Compound of Onion. Cornell Univ., Agr. Expt. Sta. Mem. No., 385: 31 pp. |
| ADENOSINE | 28 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALANINE | 3 | Bulb | 330.0 | 8597.0 | 1.00 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| ALLICIN | 67 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALLIIN | 21 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALLIIN | 21 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Bekdairova, K. Z., Klyshev, L. K. 1982. Garlic Essential Oil and its Quantitative Analysis. Izv Akad Nauk Kaz Ssr Ser Biol, 1: 6-11. |
| ALLIIN-GAMMA-GLUTAMYL-PEPTIDE | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Ueda, Y., Taubuku, T., Miyajima, R. 1994. Composition of Sulfur-Containing Components in Onion and Their Flavor Characters. Biosci. Biotech. Biochem., 58(1): 108-110. |
| ALLIOFUROSIDE-A | 0 | Pericarp | not available | 220.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALLIOSPIROSIDE-A | 0 | Pericarp | not available | 4600.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALLIOSPIROSIDE-B | 0 | Fruit | not available | 500.0 | not available | Kravets, S.D., Vollerner, Y.S., Gorovits, M.B., Shashkov, A.S., Abubakirov, N.K. 1987. Steroid of the Spirostand and Furostan Series from Plants of the Genus Allium. II. The Structure of Alliospiroside B from Allium cepa. Chem. Nat. Comp., 22(5): 553-556. |
| ALLIOSPIROSIDE-C | 0 | Fruit | not available | 491.0 | not available | Kravets, S. D., et. al. 1988. Steroids of the Spirostan and Furostan Series of Plants of the Allium Genus. XXIII. Structure of Cepagenin and of Alliospirosides C and D from Allium cepa. Chem. Nat. Comp., 23(6): 700-706. |
| ALLIOSPIROSIDE-D | 0 | Fruit | not available | 71.0 | not available | Kravets, S. D., et. al. 1988. Steroids of the Spirostan and Furostan Series of Plants of the Allium Genus. XXIII. Structure of Cepagenin and of Alliospirosides C and D from Allium cepa. Chem. Nat. Comp., 23(6): 700-706. |
| ALLIUM-CEPA-POLYSACCHARIDE | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Schnabl, H. 1977. Isolation and Identification of Soluble Polysaccharides in Epidermal Tissue of Allium cepa. Planta, 135: 307-. |
| ALLOSIDE-B | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Aizikov, M. I., Kravets, S. D., Prokhorova, I. R., Kurmukov, A. G. 1995. Structure and Hypolipidemic Activity of Alloside B Isolated from Onion. Khim Farm ZH, 29(8): 34-35. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Scabicide | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Schizophrenigenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Sclerosant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Secretogogue | 2 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Secretomotor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Sedative | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Sequestrant | 1 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Serotoninergic | 3 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Sialogogue | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Soap | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Spermicide | 3 | Martindale's 28th |
| Spermigenic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Squalene-Monooxygenase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Succinate-Dehydrogenase-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. |
| Sunscreen | 3 | Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993. |
| Suppository | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Surfactant | 1 | Schulz, V, Hansel, R and Tyler, VE. 1998. Rational Phytotherapy - A Physician's Guide to Herbal Medicine. 3rd ed. 1st English Edition. Translated by Terry C. Telger. Springer Verlag, Heidelberg. 306 pp. |
| Sweetener | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Teratogenic | 1 | Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006. |
| Teratologic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |