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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
CHRYSANTHEMIN 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-PENTYL-HYDRO-DISULFIDE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-PROPENYL-PROPYL-DISULFIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
CIS-PROPYL-2-PROPENYLDISULFIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Wealth of India.
CITRIC-ACID 23 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Leaf 1.0 24.0 -0.10 Revised USDA data received 1993.
CYANIDIN-3-O-BETA-(3''-6''-DIMALONYL-GLUCOSIDE) 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-O-BETA-(3''-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL-GLUCOSIDE) 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-O-BETA-(6''-MALONYL-3''-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE) 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-O-BETA-(6''-MALONYL-3''-O-BETA-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE) 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-O-BETA-(6''-MALONYL-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE) 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIN 5 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DESOXYRIBONUCLEIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
DIALANINE 0 Seed not available not available not available Wealth of India.
DIMETHYL-SULFIDE 2 Plant not available not available not available Wealth of India.
DIPROPYL-DISULFIDE 4 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DOTRIACONTANAL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DOTRIACONTANAL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Leaf 3000.0 89518.0 0.66 Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Leaf not available 0.5 -1.08 Duke, 1992 *
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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
Detoxicant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Diaphoretic? 3 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Disinfectant 1 Martindale's 29th
Diuretic 8 Duke, 1992 *
DNA-Active 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Dye 1 Merck 11th Edition
Emetic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Essential 8 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Estrogenic 2 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
Fatal 1 Martindale's 29th
Fibrinolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Fistula-Preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
FLavor 9 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide 5 Duke, 1992 *
Gastroprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Glutathionigenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hemolytic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.