Research Advances: Onions Battle Osteoporosis; New Weapon in War on TB; Smokers Beware: Study Shows Increased Cadmium Levels in the Brain May Cause Severe Neurological Disorders

Angela G. King
Department of Chemistry, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27109
J. Chem. Educ., 2005, 82 (8), p 1114
DOI: 10.1021/ed082p1114
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 2005

Abstract

This Report from Other Journals surveys articles of interest to chemists that have been recently published in other science journals. Topics surveyed include reports that a compound in onions reduces bone loss; a new diarylquinone inhibits tuberculosis in vitro; and cadium in tobacco influences amphetamine effects.

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General Public

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Analytical Chemistry

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Reports from Other Journals

Keywords (Subject):

Food Science

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    Flavonoid Content in Fresh, Home-Processed, and Light-Exposed Onions and in Dehydrated Commercial Onion Products

    Seung Un Lee, Jong Ha Lee, Suk Hyun Choi, Jin Shik Lee, Mayumi Ohnisi-Kameyama, Nobuyuki Kozukue, Carol E. Levin and Mendel Friedman
    Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry2008 56 (18), 8541-8548
    • Flavonoid Content in Fresh, Home-Processed, and Light-Exposed Onions and in Dehydrated Commercial Onion Products

      Seung Un Lee, Jong Ha Lee, Suk Hyun Choi, Jin Shik Lee, Mayumi Ohnisi-Kameyama, Nobuyuki Kozukue, Carol E. Levin and Mendel Friedman
      Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry2008 56 (18), 8541-8548

      Onion plants synthesize flavonoids as protection against damage by UV radiation and by intracellular hydrogen peroxide. Because flavonoids also exhibit health-promoting effects in humans, a need exists to measure their content in onions and in processed ...

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