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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.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antidote (Lead) 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Paracetamol) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Paraquat) 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidyskinetic 2 Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antidyspeptic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidysphagic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antieczemic 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antielastase 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiencephalitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic 6 Martindale's 29th
Antiencephalopathic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antienterotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifatigue 6 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifeedant 2 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.