Allium vegetables

Herman-Antosiewicz A and Singh S V (2004), Signal transduction pathways leading to cell cycle arrest and apoptosis induction in cancer cells by Allium vegetable-derived organosulfur compounds a review , Mutation Res, 555, 121-131. 

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Leighton, T. et al.. Molecular characterization of quercetin and quercetin glycosides in Allium vegetables their effects on malignant cell transformation. In Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T., and Lee, C.Y., eds.. Phenolic Compounds in Food and their Effects on Health II. Antioxidants and Cancer Prevention. New York American Chemical Society, 1992, p. 220. 

Ernst E. Can allium vegetables prevent cancer Phytomed 1997 4 79-83. Makheja AN, Bailey JM. Antiplatelet constituents of garlic and onions. Agents Actions 1990 29 360-363. 

C. Ip, D. J. Lisk, Enrichment of selenium in allium vegetables for cancer prevention,... 

Hsing AW, Chokkalingam AP, Gao YT, et al. Allium vegetables and risk of prostate cancer a population-based study. J Natl Cancer Inst 2002 94 1648-1651. 

Dorant E, van den Brandt PA, Goldbohm RA. A prospective cohort study on Allium vegetable consumption, garlic supplementuse, and the risk of lung carcinoma in The Netherlands. Cancer Res 1994 54 6148-6153. 

Dorant, E., van den Brandt, P.A. and Goldbohm, R.A. (1995) Allium vegetable consumption, garlic supplement intake, and female breast carcinoma incidence. Breast Cancer Res. Treat. 33 163-170. 

Allylic sulfur Diallyl sulfide, diallyl Allium vegetables Flavor... 

Vrtlatile Compounds Geiteraied from Thernialiy Treated Blanched. Allium Vegetables... 

Natural antioxidants, phenols, 219 Nitrogen-containing compounds, source of pungent flavors in spices, 98 Nonvolatile sulfur-containing flavor precursor of Allium, contribution to flavor of thermally processed Allium vegetables... 

Precursors of the Genus Allium to the Flavor of Thermally ] rocessed Allium Vegetables. 53... 

Bianchini, F. and Vainio, H., Allium vegetables and organosulfur compounds do they help prevent cancer Environ. Health Perspect, 109, 893,2001. 

Gao, C.M. et al.. Protective effect of allium vegetables against both esophageal and stomach cancer a simultaneous case-referent study of a high-epidemic area in Jiangsu Province, China,... 

Organosulfur compounds present in Allium vegetables, which are either lipid or water soluble, are considered responsible for the beneficial effects of these herbs. Garlic derivatives generally have a thioallyl moiety, whereas onion extracts contain a thiopropyl group with somewhat different chemical properties [14],... 

Galeone, C., Tavani, A., Pelucchi, C., Negri, E., and La Vecchia, C. 2009. Allium vegetable intake and risk of acute myocardial infarction in Italy. Eur JNutr S(2) 120-123. 

Powolny, A. A., and Singh, S. V. 2008. Muhitargeted prevention and therapy of cancer by diallyl trisulfide and related Allium vegetable-derived organosutfiir compounds. Cancer Lett 269 2) 305-314. 

Not only do people consider Allium vegetables important because of their characteristic flavor that contributes to the savoriness of various dishes in world cuisine, they are also aware of the nutritional potential of these vegetables since they are rich in nutrients such as high levels of phosphor, potassium, zinc, vitamins A, C and D, foUc acid, calcium and selenium etc. is also considered by people (Peter 2000 Rahman 2003). They are also rich sources of phenolic compounds (Vinson et al. 1998). Table 4.1 shows the approximate composition of fresh garlic and onion bnlbs. 

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