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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIBER | 15 | Leaf | 7000.0 | 137500.0 | -0.30 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FOLATE | 0 | Leaf | 1.0 | 11.0 | 1.52 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| FUMARIC-ACID | 7 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GALACTOSE | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
| GAMMA-GLUTAMYL-PEPTIDASE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
| GAMMA-GLUTAMYL-PEPTIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
| GAMMA-GLUTAMYL-S-ALLYLCYSTEINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| GAMMA-GLUTAMYL-TRIPEPTIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
| GAMMA-L-GLUTAMYL-S-(PROP-1-ENYL)-L-CYSTEINE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| GAMMA-L-GLUTAMYL-S-PROPYL-L-CYSTEINE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| GLUCOSE | 7 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
| GLUTAMIC-ACID | 8 | Leaf | 5790.0 | 72400.0 | 1.86 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| GLYCINE | 12 | Leaf | 1390.0 | 17375.0 | 1.85 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| HISTIDINE | 7 | Leaf | 480.0 | 6090.0 | 0.36 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| IRON | 6 | Leaf | 8.0 | 200.0 | -0.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOLEUCINE | 3 | Leaf | 1190.0 | 14875.0 | 0.72 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| ISORHAMNETIN-3-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| ISORHAMNETIN-GLYCOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
| KAEMPFEROL | 75 | Leaf | 16.0 | 55.0 | -0.48 | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL-3-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antilymphocytic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antimaculitic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimalarial | 1 | Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987. |
| Antimanic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antimastalgic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antimastitic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antimeasles | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antimelanogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimelanomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiMeniere's | 1 | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| Antimenopausal | 4 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antimenorrhagic | 3 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antimetastatic | 2 | Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp. |
| Antimigraine | 5 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antimitotic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antimitral-valve-prolapse | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimorphinic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| AntiMS | 3 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antimutagenic | 7 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235. |
| Antimyocarditic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199. |