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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
N,N'-BIS-(GAMMA-GLUTAMYL)-L-CYSTINE 0 Seed not available not available not available Wealth of India.
NIACIN 39 Leaf 5.0 88.0 -0.12 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
OCTACOSANOL 6 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTACOSANOL 6 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Leaf 840.0 10500.0 0.83 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
OXALIC-ACID 9 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Leaf not available 21.0 -0.34 Duke, 1992 *
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 not available 25000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PENTYL-HYDRO-DISULFIDE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 25000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PEONIDIN-3,5-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Leaf 2500.0 34500.0 0.18 Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE 0 Leaf 1850.0 23125.0 1.72 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PROPYL-ALLYL-ALLITHIAMINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 18000.0 402000.0 1.90 Duke, 1992 *
PUFA 4 Leaf 2670.0 28555.0 1.23 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
QUERCETIN 176 Leaf not available 9.0 -0.35 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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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 *