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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Suppository | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Sweetener | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Teratologic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Thymoprotective | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| TNF-alpha-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor | 2 | Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237. |
| Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor | 2 | Constantinou, A., Mehta, R., Runyan, C., Rao, K., Vaughan, A., Moon, R. 1995. Flavonoids as DNA Topoisomerase Antagonists and Poisons: Structure-Activity Relationships. J Natural Products, 58: 217-225. |
| Tranquilizer | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tremorigenic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Triglycerolytic | 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. |
| Tumor-Promoter | 1 | J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079. |
| Tumorigenic | 2 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Tyrosinase-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170. |
| Ubiquiot | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Uricosuric | 3 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Urinary-Acidulant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Urine-Acidifier | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Urine-Deodorant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Uterorelaxant | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |