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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KAEMPFEROL-DIGLUCOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
| KAEMPFEROL-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
| KAEMPFEROL-TRIGLUCOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Leaf | 300.0 | 3210.0 | 0.31 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| LEUCINE | 2 | Leaf | 1670.0 | 20875.0 | 0.67 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Leaf | 2220.0 | 27750.0 | 3.31 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| LYSINE | 4 | Leaf | 1630.0 | 17435.0 | 1.04 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Leaf | 355.0 | 6875.0 | 1.06 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| MALIC-ACID | 15 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Leaf | 3.0 | 40.0 | -0.39 | Revised USDA data received 1993. |
| METHIONINE | 15 | Leaf | 300.0 | 3850.0 | 0.63 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| METHYL-2-PROPENYLDISULFIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| METHYL-ALLYL-ALLITHIAMINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
| METHYL-DISULFIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
| METHYL-PENTYL-DISULFIDE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-PENTYL-DISULFIDE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 16000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-PROPYL-DISULFIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
| MUFA | 13 | Leaf | 840.0 | 10500.0 | 0.29 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| MYRISTIC-ACID | 6 | Leaf | 30.0 | 3635.0 | 1.81 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| N,N'-BIS-(GAMMA-GLUTAMYL)-3,3'-(2-METHYL-ETHYLENE-1,2-DITHIOL)-DIALANINE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| 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 * |