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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
1-O-FERULOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-O-P-COUMAROYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-2-BUTENAL 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
2-METHYL-2-PENTENAL 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
3,5-DIETHYL-1,2,4-TRITHIOLANE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE 3 Leaf 1260.0 15830.0 0.75 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALLITHIAMINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
ALLIUM-LECTIN 0 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLYL-DISULFIDE 1 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
ALLYL-MERCAPTAN 8 Plant not available not available not available 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 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Leaf 4000.0 128000.0 0.16 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Leaf not available 0.5 -0.72 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 690.0 11140.0 -0.50 Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Leaf not available 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 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antifertility 2 Kumar, P., Dixit*, V.P., and Khanna, P. Antifertility Studies of Kaempferol: Isolation and Identification from Tissue Culture of some Medicinally Important Plant Species. Plantes medicinales et phytotherapie, 23: 193-201, 1989.
Antifibrinolytic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrosarcomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antigallstone 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigastric 1 Rastitel'nye Resursy, 21: 85.
Antigastritic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antigastrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigiardial 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antigonadotropic 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antigranular 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiGTF 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihangover 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic 1 Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.