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Common Names
Chives
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QUERCETIN-3-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| QUINIC-ACID | 1 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Leaf | 1.0 | 22.0 | -0.07 | Duke, 1992 * |
| S-(PROPENYL-1-YL)-CYSTEINE-SULFOXIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
| SALICYLATES | 7 | Leaf | 0.3 | 5.0 | -0.57 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SAPONIN | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| SCORDININE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
| SERINE | 1 | Leaf | 1260.0 | 15830.0 | 1.15 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| SFA | 0 | Leaf | 1460.0 | 15615.0 | 0.06 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| SODIUM | 1 | Leaf | 20.0 | 750.0 | -0.51 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Leaf | 80.0 | 1000.0 | 0.03 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| SUCCINIC-ACID | 7 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Leaf | 0.5 | 12.0 | 0.77 | Duke, 1992 * |
| THREONINE | 4 | Leaf | 1110.0 | 13875.0 | 1.37 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| TRANS-PENTYL-HYDRO-DISULFIDE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-PROPENYL-PROPYL-DISULFIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
| TRANS-PROPYL-2-PROPENYLDISULFIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| TRIACONTANAL | 3 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRIACONTANAL | 3 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRYPTOPHAN | 29 | Leaf | 310.0 | 3955.0 | 0.97 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Odontolytic | 1 | Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253. |
| Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor | 3 | Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19. |
| Osteogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Oxidant | 2 | Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978. |
| P450-Inducer | 1 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| P450-Inhibitor | 1 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| PAF-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Pemphigenic | 1 | My Rodale Press Green Farmacy Draft, miscellaneous abstracts. |
| Percutaneostimulant | 2 | Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990. |
| Perfumery | 4 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Pesticide | 12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PGE2-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Phagocytotic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Phospholipase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Pigment | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Pituitary-Stimulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Plasmodicide | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Preservative | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Prolactinogenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Proliferant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |