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Plant Allium schoenoprasum (Liliaceae)

Common Names
Chives
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
FIBER 15 Leaf 7000.0 137500.0 -0.30 Duke, 1992 *
FOLATE 0 Leaf 1.0 11.0 1.52 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FUMARIC-ACID 7 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GALACTOSE 1 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
GAMMA-GLUTAMYL-PEPTIDASE 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
GAMMA-GLUTAMYL-PEPTIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
GAMMA-GLUTAMYL-S-ALLYLCYSTEINE 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
GAMMA-GLUTAMYL-TRIPEPTIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
GAMMA-L-GLUTAMYL-S-(PROP-1-ENYL)-L-CYSTEINE 0 Seed not available not available not available Wealth of India.
GAMMA-L-GLUTAMYL-S-PROPYL-L-CYSTEINE 0 Seed not available not available not available Wealth of India.
GLUCOSE 7 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Leaf 5790.0 72400.0 1.86 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLYCINE 12 Leaf 1390.0 17375.0 1.85 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
HISTIDINE 7 Leaf 480.0 6090.0 0.36 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
IRON 6 Leaf 8.0 200.0 -0.41 Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Leaf 1190.0 14875.0 0.72 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ISORHAMNETIN-3-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Wealth of India.
ISORHAMNETIN-GLYCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
KAEMPFEROL 75 Leaf 16.0 55.0 -0.48 Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Wealth of India.
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 5 Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Acantholytic 1 My Rodale Press Green Farmacy Draft, miscellaneous abstracts.
Acaricide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant 2 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Additive 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 5 Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic 1 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic 2 Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic 8 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic? 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 Duke, 1992 *