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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
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
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 Duke, 1992 *
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagen-Sparing 1 Duke, 1992 *
Collagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
COMT-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Contraceptive 1 Martindale's 28th
Copper-Chelator 2 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *