PURPOSE Toxoplasma gondii is a widespread protozoan parasite that infects a broad range of warm blooded animals as well as humans. The present study was investigated to evaluate the effects of allium cepa on renal failur in male rats which experimentally infected by Toxoplasma gondii, RH strain. METHODS Wistar male rat (n=40) were allocated into four groups, group one that received tachyzoite...

This study was designed to investigate the effects of dietary onion flesh or onion peel on lipid peroxides and DNA damage in aged rats. Sprague Dawley male rats (n=40, 16 mo old) were blocked into five groups and raised for 3 mo with either an onion-free control diet or onion diets (Allium cepa L., intermediate-day variety) containing either 5% (w/w) powdered dried onion flesh, 5% (w/w) powdere...

the effect of long-term onion consumption on red blood cell antioxidant enzymes [glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (g6pd), superoxide dismutase (sod) and glutathione peroxidase (gpx)], were measured. the relationship of these enzymes with pcv and hemoglobin (hb) concentrations was also determined. twelve adult female goats were used for the experiment and randomly assigned to three groups. anim...

12 Some intervention studies have shown that quercetin supplementation can regulate certain biomarkers, 13 but it is not clear how the doses given relate to dietary quercetin (e.g. from onion). We conducted a 14 two-period, two-sequence crossover study to compare the bioavailability of quercetin when 15 administered in the form of fresh red onion meal (naturally glycosylated quercetin) or dieta...

Onion thrips, Thrips tabaci Lindeman (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), is a well-known onion pest worldwide. Onion thrips cause both direct and indirect damage to onion by feeding and ovipositing on leaves that may cause green onions (scallions) to be unmarketable and dry bulb onion size to be reduced. Onion thrips can also transmit several plant pathogens that reduce onion bulb size and quality. One ...

onion (allium cepa) bulb from liliaceae has antioxidant, spasmolytic and antihypertensive activities. the aim of present study was to investigate the antispasmodic effect of onion peel on rat ileum contractility. onion peel powder was extracted by maceration in 70% alcohol for 72 h. a terminal portion of ileum from male wistar rat was dissected and its contractions were recorded isotonically in...

Pantoea ananatis is a member of the family Enterobacteriaceae and an enigmatic plant pathogen with a broad host range. Although P. ananatis strains can be aggressive on onion causing foliar necrosis and onion center rot, previous genomic analysis has shown that P. ananatis lacks the primary virulence secretion systems associated with other plant pathogens. We assessed a collection of fifty P. a...

Hsu, C. L., Hoepting, C. A., Fuchs, M., Smith, E. A., and Nault, B. A. 2011. Sources of Iris yellow spot virus in New York. Plant Dis. 95:735-743. Iris yellow spot virus (IYSV) has been found consistently in commercial dry bulb onion fields throughout New York State since 2006. Yearly recurrence of IYSV may result from annual reintroductions of the virus or persistence of the virus in overwinte...

Populations of onion thrips, Thrips tabaci Lindeman, from commercial onion Þelds in New York were evaluated for their susceptibility to the commonly used pyrethroid, -cyhalothrin (Warrior T), using a novel system called the Thrips Insecticide Bioassay System (TIBS). To use TIBS, thrips are collecteddirectly from theplant into an insecticide-treated 0.5-mlmicrocentrifuge tube that has a ßexible ...