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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Allium schoenoprasum (Liliaceae)

Common Names
Chives
How this plant is used
Food

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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 Wealth of India.
QUINIC-ACID 1 Leaf *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Leaf 1.0 22.0 -0.07 *
S-(PROPENYL-1-YL)-CYSTEINE-SULFOXIDE 0 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
SALICYLATES 7 Leaf 0.3 5.0 -0.57 *
SAPONIN 0 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
SCORDININE 0 Plant 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 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Leaf 80.0 1000.0 0.03 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SUCCINIC-ACID 7 Leaf *
THIAMIN 31 Leaf 0.5 12.0 0.77 *
THREONINE 4 Leaf 1110.0 13875.0 1.37 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TRANS-PENTYL-HYDRO-DISULFIDE 0 Essential Oil *
TRANS-PROPENYL-PROPYL-DISULFIDE 0 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
TRANS-PROPYL-2-PROPENYLDISULFIDE 0 Plant Wealth of India.
TRIACONTANAL 3 Leaf *
TRIACONTANAL 3 Plant *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Leaf 310.0 3955.0 0.97 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Bradycardiac 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bruchiphobe 2 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Calcium-Antagonist 3 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 *
Calmodulin-Antagonist 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 2 *
Cancer-Preventive 22 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Capillariprotective 1 Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic 5 *
Cardiac 1 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Cardioprotective 6 *
Cardiotoxic 1 *
Catabolic 1 *
Chemopreventive 3 *
Cholagogue 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 7 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Circulotonic 1 *
Clastogenic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.