kaempferol and quercetin.
Allium ascalonicum Linn. Fam Liliaceae; Alliaceae.
Habitat Native to Palestine; cultivated in India.
English Shellot.
Allium cepa Linn. 33
Ayurvedic Grnjana.
Unani Gandanaa, Ek-daanaa
Lehsun, Ek-potia Lehsum. (Also
equated with Asp hodelus ten uifolius Cay.)
Action Anticoagulant, fibrinolytic, hyp ocholesterolaemic.
The aqueous extract of the bulbs contains mainly fructose (50%), besides glucose, arabinose, galactose, mannose, rhamnose, glucosamine and uronic acid. It also contains lysine, glutamic acid and aspartic acid. It shows significant activity against P-388 lymphocytic Ieukaemia in mice.
In experiments on rabbits, the alcoholic extracts of the bulb showed significant anticoagulant, fibrinolytic and hypocholesterolaemic properties.
Allium cepa Linn.
Family Liliaceae; Alliaceae.
Habitat Cultivated as an annual all over the country. The most
important onion-growing states are Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh., Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh.
English Onion.
Ayurvedic Palaandu, Durgandh.
Unani Piyaaz.
Siddha/Tamil Venkaayam.
Action Antibiotic, antibacterial, antisclerotic, anticoagulant, anti-inflammatory, antiasthmatic, expectorant, carminative, anti-
spasmodic, diuretic, hypotensive, antidiabetic.
Key application For the prevention of atherosclerosis (German
Commission E) and age-dependent changes in the blood vessels, and loss of appetite (WHO).
The official onion bulb of the Pharmacopoeia of the People’s Republic of China is a different species, Allium macrostemon Bge., than that of the German Commission E monographs, A. cepa. Chinese onion is used for cough, dyspnoea, angina pectoris and dysentery.
