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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
Hypoglycemic 6 *
Hypolipidemic 4 *
Hypotensive 8 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Hypouricemic 1 *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor 1 *
Immunomodulator 4 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 6 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
iNOS-Inhibitor 2 *
Inotropic 2 *
Insectifuge 6 Tunon, H., Thorsell, W., and Bohlin, L. 1993. Mosquito Repelling Activity of Compounds Occurring in Achillea millefolium L. (Asteraceae). Economic Botany 48(2): 111-120, 1994.
Insectiphile 1 Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
Insulinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Insulinogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Insulinotonic 1 J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Interferon-Synergist 1 *
Interferonogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Irritant 6 Merck 11th Edition
JNK-Inhibitor 1 *
Juvabional 1 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.