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Table 1 Nutritional composition, phytochemical compounds, and antioxidant activity of onion powder

From: High-cholesterol diet enriched with onion affects endothelium-dependent relaxation and NADPH oxidase activity in mesenteric microvessels from Wistar rats

 

Onion powder

Protein (g/100 g)

9.75 ± 0.08

Lipids (g/100 g)

1.30 ± 0.06

Carbohydrates (g/100 g)

80.10 ± 2.89

Glucose (g/100 g)

27.7 ± 1.73

Fructose (g/100 g)

20.7 ± 0.46

Sucrose (g/100 g)

4.3 ± 0.11

Total fructans (g/100 g)

4.2 ± 0.10

Total dietary fibre (g/100 g)

23.2 ± 1.15

Soluble fibre (g/100 g)

3.2 ± 0.09

Insoluble fibre (g/100 g)

20.0 ± 0.17

Ash (g/100 g)

4.63 ± 0.07

Total phenols (mg GAE/100 g)

1629.6 ± 60.0

Quercetin 3-glucoside (mg/100 g)

32.22 ± 0.90

Quercetin 4'-glucoside (mg/100 g)

950.00 ± 2.99

Quercetin 3,4'-diglucoside (mg/100 g)

1368.89 ± 8.77

Quercetin 7,4'-diglucoside (mg/100 g)

31.56 ± 0.33

Quercetin 3,7,4'-triglucoside (mg/100 g)

9.16 ± 0.32

Isorhamnetin 4'-glucoside (mg/100 g)

45.16 ± 1.54

Isorhamnetin 3,4'-diglucoside (mg/100 g)

32.00 ± 0.19

Total ACSOs (mg BCSOE/100 g)

4120.89 ± 89.43

Propionaldehyde (mg/100 g)

245.04 ± 39.61

1-Propanethiol (mg/100 g)

23.54 ± 0.90

Hexanal (mg/100 g)

0.04 ± 0.001

2-Methyl 2-pentenal (mg/100 g)

10.80 ± 0.67

Propyl thioacetate (mg/100 g)

0.45 ± 0.03

Dimethyl trisulfide (mg/100 g)

66.41 ± 5.02

Dipropyl disulfide (mg/100 g)

89.45 ± 3.29

Methyl propyl trisulfide (mg/100 g)

42.28 ± 2.14

Dipropyl trisulfide (mg/100 g)

25.50 ± 2.45

Ascorbic acid (mg/100 g)

62.31 ± 0.77

Total vitamin C (mg/100 g)

104.26 ± 4.07

Scavenging of NO• (μmol TE/100 g)

1706.00 ± 49.61

ABTS•+ (μmol TE/100 g)

4936.67 ± 72.65

DPPH• (μmol TE/100 g)

1135.00 ± 82.21

FRAP (μmol TE/100 g)

12245.14 ± 60.45

  1. Values are expressed as the mean ± SD (n = 3).
  2. GAE, gallic acid equivalents; ACSOs, S-alk(en)yl-L-cysteine sulfoxide; BCSOE, S-Butyl-L-cysteine sulfoxide equivalents; NO•, nitric oxide radical ABTS•+, 2,2′-azinobis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) radical cation; DPPH•, 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl radical; FRAP, ferric reducing antioxidant power; TE, trolox equivalents.