ONION CONSUMPTION AND HEALTH -- ONION CONSUMPTION AND HEALTH -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- AN OVERVIEW ON BIOACTIVITY OF ONION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY -- Antibacterial Activity -- Antiviral Activity -- Antifungal Activity -- Antiparasitic Activity -- ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY -- ANTICARCINOGENIC AND ANTIMUTAGENIC ACTIVITIES -- CARDIOVASCULAR PROTECTIVE EFFECTS -- Effects on Levels of Serum Lipids -- Hypotensive and Bradycardic Effects -- Anti-Hyperglycemic or Anti-Diabetic Potential -- Anti-Platelet or Anti-Thrombotic Effect -- OTHER BENEFICIAL EFFECTS -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEGDMENTS -- REFERENCES -- ONION MAJOR COMPOUNDS (FLAVONOIDS, ORGANOSULFURS) AND HIGHLY EXPRESSED GLUTATHIONE-RELATED ENZYMES: POSSIBLE PHYSIOLOGICAL INTERACTION, GENE CLONING AND ABIOTIC STRESS RESPONSE -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. MATURE ONION BULB EXPRESSES HIGH GSTS, GLY I AND ALLIINASE ACTIVITIES -- 3. CROSS REACTIVITY OF PUTATIVE ONION GSTS WITH ANTI-PUMPKIN GSTS ANTISERA -- 4. PURIFICATION AND PARTIAL CHARACTERIZATION OF ONION GSTS -- 5. MOLECULAR CLONING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ONION GST GENE -- 6. EVOLUTIONARY RELATIONSHIP OF ONION GST GENE -- 7. INTERACTION OF ONION GSTS WITH SULFUR COMPOUNDS -- 8. INTERACTION OF ONION GSTS WITH FLAVONOIDS -- 9. PURIFICATION AND DETECTION OF PHYSIOLOGICAL INHIBITORS OF ONION GSTS -- 10. INTERACTION OF ONION GSTS WITH THEIR PHYSIOLOGICAL INHIBITORS -- 11. EXPRESSION OF GST IN DIFFERENT ORGANS IN HEALTHY ONION PLANTS AND CALLUS -- 12. SEASONAL VARIATION IN THE ACTIVITIES OF DOMINANT ONION BULB GSTS -- 13. ABIOTIC STRESS INDUCES DIFFERENTIAL REGULATION OF ONION GST -- 14. PURIFICATION AND MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF ONION GLY I -- 15. PRODUCTION OF ANTIBODY AGAINST GLY I AND ITS QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS -- 16. MOLECULAR CLONING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ONION GLY I GENE.

17. INDUCTION OF GLYOXALASE PATHWAY ENZYMES UNDER ABIOTIC STRESSES -- 18. EVOLUTIONARY RELATIONSHIP OF THE GLY I GENE -- 19. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- ONION CONSUMPTION AND HEALTH -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- ONION COMPOSITION -- ABSORPTION AND METABOLISM -- ALTERATION OF FLAVONOIDS -- ANTIOXIDANT PROPERTIES AND HEALTH BENEFITS -- ANTIFUNGAL, ANTIPARASITIC AND ANTIBACTERIAL PROPERTIES -- ANTIARCINOGENIC PROPERTIES -- EFFECTS ON LIPID METABOLISM -- CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECTS -- BONE EFFECTS -- ANTI-INFLAMMATORY PROPERTIES -- OTHER EFFECTS -- Effects on the Respiratory System -- Selenium Complement -- Antidepressant -- OTHER USES: FOOD PRESERVATION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- ONION BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS AND HEALTH EFFECTS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- ONION TECHNOLOGICAL PROPERTIES -- Onion Antibrowning Properties -- Onion Antioxidant Properties -- Onion Antimicrobial Properties -- Onion By-products -- High-pressure Processed Onion Products -- ONION BIOLOGICAL AND NUTRITIONAL PROPERTIES -- Onion Nutritional Content -- Onion Bioactive Compounds -- Flavonoids, Quercetin and Quercetin Glucosides -- Organosulfur Compounds (OSCs) -- Fructans and Fructooligosaccharides (FOS) -- Other Onion Bioactive Compounds vv -- Onion Health Effects -- Onion and Cancer -- Onion and Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Prevention. Antiaggregatory and Hypolipidemic Effects -- Other Onion Health-promoting Health Effects -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- HEALTHY PROPERTIES FROM ONION PRODUCTS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- BIOACTIVE CHARACTERIZATION OF PRODUCTS DERIVED FROM ONION -- Dietary Fiber -- Non-structural Carbohydrates -- Phenolic Compounds -- S-Alk(en)yl-L-cysteine sulphoxides -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- A COMPARISON TECHNIQUE FOR FLAVONOIDS EXTRACTION FROM ONIONS: ULTRASOUND ASSISTED EXTRACTION -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 1.1. Green Extraction Techniques.

1.1.1. Microwave-Assisted Extraction (MAE) -- 1.1.2. Supercritical Fluid Extraction (SFE) -- 1.1.3. Pulsed Electric Field Extraction (PEF) -- 1.1.4. Instantaneous Controlled Pressure Drop (DIC, Détente Instanttanée Contrôlée) -- 1.1.5. Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction (UAE) -- 1.2. Applications of Ultrasound in Food Technology -- 1.3. Ultrasounds Theory -- 1.4. Application of US in Extraction Field -- 2. MATERIALS AND METHODS -- 2.1. Raw Material -- 2.2. Chemicals -- 2.3. Moisture Content Determination -- 2.4. Extraction procedures -- 2.5. HPLC Analysis -- 2.6. UV-Visible Spectroscopy -- 2.6.1. Determination of the Total Content of Reducing Compounds (TCRC) -- 2.6.2. DPPH Assay -- 3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- 3.1. Preliminary Study -- 3.1.1. Solid/Liquid Ratio -- 3.1.2. Power Optimization -- 3.2. Comparison of US vs Conventional Method -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.