An official website of the United States government.

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
  1. Home
  2. Allium schoenoprasum

Allium schoenoprasum (Liliaceae)

Common Names
Chives
How this plant is used
Food

Select a Results View:

View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
Download these results as:
CSV
EXCEL
PDF
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
1-O-FERULOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf *
1-O-P-COUMAROYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf *
2-METHYL-2-BUTENAL 0 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
2-METHYL-2-PENTENAL 0 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
3,5-DIETHYL-1,2,4-TRITHIOLANE 0 Leaf *
ALANINE 3 Leaf 1260.0 15830.0 0.75 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALLITHIAMINE 0 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
ALLIUM-LECTIN 0 Latex Exudate *
ALLYL-DISULFIDE 1 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
ALLYL-MERCAPTAN 8 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Leaf 130.0 1625.0 -0.99 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ARGININE 14 Leaf 2020.0 25350.0 0.42 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 57.0 9875.0 0.47 *
ASH 0 Leaf 4000.0 128000.0 0.16 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Leaf 2590.0 32400.0 0.34 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Leaf 34.0 475.0 0.93 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Leaf 0.5 -0.72 *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 690.0 11140.0 -0.50 *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Leaf 10.0 -0.85 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 38000.0 667000.0 0.44 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
Download these results as:
CSV
EXCEL
PDF
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
Prooxidant 3 *
Propecic 5 *
Prostaglandigenic 3 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 4 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 1 Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14.
Protisticide 2 Meckes, M., Calzada, F., Tapia-Contreras, A., Cedillo-Rivera, R. 1999. Antiprotozoal Properties of Helianthemum glomeratum. Phytotherapy Research, 13(2): 102-105.
PTK-Inhibitor 1 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 2 *
Refrigerant 1 Martindale's 28th
Renotoxic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Roborant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Schizophrenigenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Sedative 3 *
Serotoninergic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Sialogogue 1 Martindale's 29th
Soap 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spermigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Spice 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Stimulant 1 *
Sunscreen 2 Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993.