Antispasmodic saponins from bulbs of red onion, Allium cepa L. var. Tropea

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 935-940

  Corea, Gabriella ^a   Fattorusso, Ernesto ^a   Lanzotti, Virginia ^b   Capasso, Raffaele ^a   Izzo, Angelo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alliaceae; Antispasmodic activity; Flavonoids; Red onion; Saponins; Tropeosides A and B

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM ASCALONICUM EXTRACT; ASCALONICOSIDE A1; ASCALONICOSIDE A2; ASCALONICOSIDE B; FLAVONOID; METHYL GROUP; ONION EXTRACT; PHENYLALANINE; PLANT EXTRACT; QUERCETIN; QUERCETIN 4' GLUCOSIDE; SAPONIN; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; TAXIFOLIN; TAXIFOLIN 7 GLUCOSIDE; TROPEOSIDE A1; TROPEOSIDE A2; TROPEOSIDE B1; TROPEOSIDE B2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GUINEA PIG; ILEUM; ITALY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ONION; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ONIONS; PARASYMPATHOLYTICS; PLANT ROOTS; SAPONINS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, FAST ATOM BOMBARDMENT;

ALLIACEAE; ALLIUM ASCALONICUM; ALLIUM ATRORUBENS; ALLIUM CEPA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 13944264262     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf048404o     Document Type: Article

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