We are currently dealing with challenges, such as change in diet, superfluous stress, and environmental destruction. As a result, high level of active oxygen and freeradicals are generated. In order to identify lifestyle .choices to eliminate these substance, antioxidative substances are required and it may be necessary to take in polyphenol and vitamins with antioxidative activity. The onion contains numerous antioxidative substances, such as quercetin and other polyphenol, and is thus attracting attention. This report describes the antioxidative activity of the onion based on several experiment. (1) It became clear that the antioxidative activity of the onion changes greatly with cultivars. (2) Although the contribution of polyphenol, such as quercetin was considered to be large, the antioxidative activity of an onion requires many kinds of other compounds.