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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
MMP-9-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Monoamine-Precursor 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic 1 Martindale's 28th
Mutagenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Mycobactericide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Natriuretic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Nematicide 3 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
NEP-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Neuroexcitant 1 Martindale's 28th
Neuroinhibitor 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Neuroprotective 3 Duke, 1992 *
Neurotoxic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Neurotransmitter 1 Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Genic 1 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *