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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
QUERCETIN-3-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Wealth of India.
QUINIC-ACID 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Leaf 1.0 22.0 -0.07 Duke, 1992 *
S-(PROPENYL-1-YL)-CYSTEINE-SULFOXIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
SALICYLATES 7 Leaf 0.3 5.0 -0.57 Duke, 1992 *
SAPONIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
SCORDININE 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
SERINE 1 Leaf 1260.0 15830.0 1.15 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SFA 0 Leaf 1460.0 15615.0 0.06 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SODIUM 1 Leaf 20.0 750.0 -0.51 Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Leaf 80.0 1000.0 0.03 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SUCCINIC-ACID 7 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Leaf 0.5 12.0 0.77 Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE 4 Leaf 1110.0 13875.0 1.37 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TRANS-PENTYL-HYDRO-DISULFIDE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-PROPENYL-PROPYL-DISULFIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
TRANS-PROPYL-2-PROPENYLDISULFIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Wealth of India.
TRIACONTANAL 3 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIACONTANAL 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Leaf 310.0 3955.0 0.97 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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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
Antiacid 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacne 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodynic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiADD 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiadenoviral 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiaflatoxin 2 Duke, 1992 *
AntiAGE 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant 8 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Antiaging 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 3 Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antialdosteronic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialkali? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialkalotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiallergic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiamblyopic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic 3 Duke, 1992 *