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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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiimplantation 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiimpotence 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiinfertility 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory 12 Duke, 1992 *
Antiinsomniac 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomniac? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiinsomnic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antikeratitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiketotic 1 Merck 11th Edition
AntiLegionella 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric 1 Martindale's 28th
Antileukemic 5 Life Sciences 55: 1061.
Antileukoplakic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene-D4 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antilupus 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme 5 Duke, 1992 *