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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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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
FIBER 15 Leaf 7000.0 137500.0 -0.30 *
FOLATE 0 Leaf 1.0 11.0 1.52 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FUMARIC-ACID 7 Leaf *
GALACTOSE 1 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
GAMMA-GLUTAMYL-PEPTIDASE 0 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
GAMMA-GLUTAMYL-PEPTIDE 0 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
GAMMA-GLUTAMYL-S-ALLYLCYSTEINE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
GAMMA-GLUTAMYL-TRIPEPTIDE 0 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
GAMMA-L-GLUTAMYL-S-(PROP-1-ENYL)-L-CYSTEINE 0 Seed Wealth of India.
GAMMA-L-GLUTAMYL-S-PROPYL-L-CYSTEINE 0 Seed Wealth of India.
GLUCOSE 7 Plant 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 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Leaf 1190.0 14875.0 0.72 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ISORHAMNETIN-3-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf Wealth of India.
ISORHAMNETIN-GLYCOSIDE 0 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
KAEMPFEROL 75 Leaf 16.0 55.0 -0.48 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf Wealth of India.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
CNS-Depressant 1 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
CNS-Paralytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Co-carcinogenic 1 *
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagen-Sparing 1 *
Collagenic 1 *
Colorant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedolytic 1 *
COMT-Inhibitor 1 *
Contraceptive 1 Martindale's 28th
Copper-Chelator 2 *
Cosmetic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COX-1-Inhibitor 1 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 4 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 2 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor 1 *
Cytoprotective 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Cytotoxic 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Dermatitigenic 2 *