Gujarat junagadh red onion-11 (GJRO-11)-A new high yielding red onion variety

2000-2001 Onion Variety Trials at New Mexico State University

Effect of alcoholic extract of Iranian red onion on diabetic neuropathic pain in streptozotocin-diabetic rats

Introduction: Neuropathic pain is one of the common complications of diabetes mellitus which is caused by impairment in nerve conductivity. The role of flavonoid and polyphenol compounds in treatment of neuropathic pain has been revealed, and extract of onion contains significant amounts of these compounds. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of alcoholic extract of onion on ...

golmehr, a new safflower cultivar, high yielding, spinless and red florets

golmehr cultivar originated by crossing between i.l.111 line and zarghan 279 cultivar in karaj. the new cultivar and 19 safflower lines and cultivars were studied for grain yield and its stability, at karaj, isfahan, darab and zabol regions in 2006 -2009. the experimental design was randomized complete block with four replications. based on the results, golmehr cultivar with the highest grain y...

OEM--a new medium for rapid isolation of onion-pathogenic and onion-associated bacteria.

Onions (Allium cepa L.) are plagued by a number of bacterial pathogens including Pantoea ananatis, P. agglomerans, Burkholderia cepacia, Enterobacter cloacae, Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum, Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. axonopodis and several Pseudomonas spp. We developed a semi-selective medium, termed onion extract medium (OEM), to selectively and rapidly isolate bacteria pathoge...

Development of Biocomposites with Antioxidant Activity Based on Red Onion Extract and Acetate Cellulose.

Antioxidant biocomposites have been successfully developed from cellulose acetate, eco-friendly triethyl citrate plasticizer and onion extract as a source of natural antioxidants. First, an onion extraction process was optimized to obtain the extract with highest antioxidant power. Extracts under absolute ethanol and ethanol 85% were the extracts with the highest antioxidant activity, which wer...