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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antihemorrhagic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihepatitic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihepatoadenomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihepatocarcinogenic | 1 | Akao, M. and Kuroda, K. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Fumaric Acid on Hepatocarcinogenesis by Thioacetamide in Mice. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(7): 2012-2014, 1990. |
| Antihepatotic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antihepatotoxic | 7 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiherpetic | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihistaminic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiHIV | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihydrophobic | 1 | Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart. |
| Antihyperactivity | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antihyperammonemic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihypercholesterolemic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antihyperkeratotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihyperkinetic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihypertensive | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihyperthyroid | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihypoglycemic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiichythyotic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiielus? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |