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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
N,N'-BIS-(GAMMA-GLUTAMYL)-L-CYSTINE 0 Seed Wealth of India.
NIACIN 39 Leaf 5.0 88.0 -0.12 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
OCTACOSANOL 6 Leaf *
OCTACOSANOL 6 Plant *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Leaf 840.0 10500.0 0.83 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
OXALIC-ACID 9 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Leaf 21.0 -0.34 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Leaf 910.0 11375.0 -0.17 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Leaf 2.0 40.0 0.17 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PENTYL-HYDRO-DISULFIDE 0 Essential Oil 25000.0 *
PENTYL-HYDRO-DISULFIDE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 25000.0 *
PEONIDIN-3,5-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Stem *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Leaf 900.0 11250.0 0.25 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 410.0 6670.0 0.31 *
POTASSIUM 14 Leaf 2500.0 34500.0 0.18 *
PROLINE 0 Leaf 1850.0 23125.0 1.72 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PROPYL-ALLYL-ALLITHIAMINE 0 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 18000.0 402000.0 1.90 *
PUFA 4 Leaf 2670.0 28555.0 1.23 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
QUERCETIN 176 Leaf 9.0 -0.35 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Larvistat 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.
Laxative 3 *
Laxative? 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-91.
Leukotriene-Inhibitor 1 *
Lipolytic 1 LAWSON in Koch, H. P. and Lawson, L. D., eds. 1996. Garlic- The
Science and therapeutic application of Allium sativum L. and related species. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore. 329 pp.
Lipotropic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 4 Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lithogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic 2 Martindale's 29th
Lubricant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lyase-Inhibitor 1 *
Lymphocytogenic 1 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
MAO-A-Inhibitor 1 *
MAO-Inhibitor 1 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer 1 *
Memory-Enhancer 1 Science News, 138: 189, 1990.
Metal-Chelator 2 McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Metal-Chelator (Copper) 1 Seidel, V., Verholle, M., Malard, Y., Tillequin, F., Fruchart, J-C., Duriez, P., Bailleul, F., Teissier, E. 2000. Phenylpropanoids from Ballota nigra L. Inhibit in vitro LDL Peroxidation. Phytotherapy Research, 14(2): 93-98.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor 1 *
Metastatic 1 Science News, 146: 421.