plants Article Phytochemical Characterization and Screening of Antioxidant, Antimicrobial and Antiproliferative Properties of Allium × cornutum Clementi and Two Varieties of Allium cepa L. Peel Extracts Željana Fredotovi´c 1,* , Jasna Puizina 1 , Marija Nazli´c 1 , Ana Maravi´c 1, Ivica Ljubenkov 2, Barbara Soldo 2, Elma Vuko 1 and Danica Baji´c 1 1 Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Split, R. Boškovi´ca33, 21000 Split, Croatia;
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[email protected]; Tel.: +38-521619292 Abstract: Onions are one of the most widely grown vegetable crops. As production increases, so does the generation of waste from various parts of the onion, raising the need for efficient ecological Citation: Fredotovi´c,Ž.; Puizina, J.; disposal and use of such waste products. However, onion waste products are a rich source of Nazli´c,M.; Maravi´c,A.; Ljubenkov, I.; antioxidants with a range of biological properties, therefore, they could potentially be used in Soldo, B.; Vuko, E.; Baji´c,D. food and pharmaceutical industries. In the present study, we identified the main flavonols and Phytochemical Characterization and anthocyanins in peel extracts of Allium × cornutum Clement ex Visiani, 1842, and two varieties of Screening of Antioxidant, Allium cepa L. and tested their antioxidant, antimicrobial and antiproliferative properties. Quercetin Antimicrobial and Antiproliferative 3,40-diglucolside, quercetin 40-monoglucoside and quercetin are the most abundant flavonols in Properties of Allium × cornutum all onion extracts detected by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method.