Disease relevance of Chive

• Antibacterial activity of S-methyl methanethiosulfinate and S-methyl 2-propene-1-thiosulfinate from Chinese chive toward Escherichia coli O157:H7 [1].

High impact information on Chive

• We have purified alliinase from shoots of Allium tuberosum (Chinese chive) to apparent homogeneity by SDS/polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis [2].
• (chives) to accumulate and tolerate cadmium in aqueous Hoagland medium at 50microM and 250microM was tested under continuous growth or several successive harvests of shoots [3].
• Isolation and characterization of a bioactive mannose-binding protein from the Chinese chive Allium tuberosum [4].
• A monomeric mannose-binding lectin from inner shoots of the edible chive (Allium tuberosum) [5].
• The significant flavor compounds of caucas are methyl allyl disulfide (Chinese chive odor), diallyl disulfide (garlic-like odor), and dimethyl disulfide and methyl allyl trisulfide (pickles-like odor) among more than 85 peaks on the gas chromatogram [6].

Associations of Chive with chemical compounds

• Irrigation water, FYM application, and total labor used during the cultivation season (with the exception of cotton and chive) for production are the main factors determining the yields of four major crops under study, while popularly and overly used N did not appear to be a significant factor affecting the yield [7].
• Of 20 groundwater samples, 16 showed nitrate levels between 55 and 180mgl(-1), which exceeds recommendations for drinking water (</=50mgl(-1)), and 19 out of 20 chive plant samples had nitrate levels more than double the maximum permissible level of 700mgkg(-1) which causes contamination of groundwater and vegetables [7].
• Some vegetable extracts including savory, radish leaf, garden-cress, spirmint, leek, chive (aerial part), lettuce and dill showed an antioxidant activity comparable with those of dl-alpha-tocopherol and quercetin [8].

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