Extracting Quercetin from Onions

Quercetin is an anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant flavonoid molecule found in many fruits, vegetables, and leaves. Foods high in quercetin include berries, apples, onions, kale, and broccoli. It can help reduce oxidative stress and therefore potentially reduce the risk of cancer, as well as prevent inflammation by way of inhibiting mast cell degranulation.
In this video, I extract some quercetin from onion skins. I do not recommend that anyone attempting this process try to ingest or otherwise use any products they extract for medicinal reasons or as a supplement.

[@ethereumrise7860]

Goes to show that a healthy diet, cooking real food from scratch is what our bodies need. Great video anyway! Make more! 🙏

[@wolfwalker5924]

Thank you for making these educational videos.

[@danielasanchez4674]

I really love this channel.

[@Hacker-cw9lc]

dont give up please
keep on going

[@ccccclark2605]

Grocery stores will give you the onion skins that are left in an onion bin. Its trash to them. Treasure to us.

[@RaisHassan-zw4dz]

Great video keep it up, easy to understand and gives idea for farmer perspective

[@ManishKumar-dy7sx]

Great stuff.. Pls upload more stuff

[@ankushsingh7971]

Plz.make how to estimate quertin by using double beam Spectophotometer with calculation part also

[@levyle1359]

I can substitue ethyl acetate for other solvent? like methanol or ethanol 70%?

[@wardaabid7873]

Hello sir.. I've some questions
1. Can I perform the same procedure with same chemicals on different plant leaves?
2. Can I perform this procedure with garlic skin?
3. Do I've to dry and crush the leaves or use it just directly from the plants?
Kindly guide me
Thank you

[@drdata1967]

I hear songbirds. Do you keep birds or was there a window open nearby?

[@Berghiker]

Does the onion itself contain quercetin or only the dry skin?

[@hajaraibrahim1012]

Both contain. More in the peel.

[@danemuckler7625]

I raided my local market and ran off with a plate's worth of red onion skins. I tore them up and shoved them into a tiny bottle with vodka. 18 hours in, the vodka is now dark purple. Hopefully, I am extracting quercetin!

[@wolfwalker5924]

If I eat onions, will I consume Quercetin?

[@aloesci5292]

Yes you would. It's also found in apples, raspberries, red grapes, cherries, citrus fruits, and green leafy vegetables and thought to lower rates of cancer in certain countries where their diets include a lot of these :)

[@sanmarzano]

Have you tried to run a thin layer chromatography plate?

[@aveshkothariya4817]

sir please i have used a red onion in quercetin extract

[@A2G_tricks]

so informative video thanks