What is Chinese Leek-Chinese Chives and its quotes,modern research.

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Chinese Leek-Oriental garlic chives Culture.

Oriental garlic chives Extract Chinese Leek Chinese Chives Allium tuberosum Rottler garlic chives Oriental garlic chives photo picture image Chinese Chives use as medicine registered as early as thousand years ago, from famous books Ming Yi Bie Lu (Author:Tao Hong Jing, Liang Dynasty,5-Eras-10-States Period), said,chives "smooth the five internal organs,drop away stomach heat.."
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Shi Liao Ben Cao noted the chinese chives "benefit for chest and midriff". other famous books Ben Cao Shi Yi noted chinese chives "warm middle, down gas, adjust internal organs,prompt food intake,good for Yang,stop diarrhoea, and boil it better... "

Early Spring seasons cool or warm irregularly, the chinese chives welcome spring with its jade like leaves and bowlder like roots. Chinese Chives dark green color and looks big fleshy, regrow cutted whole yearly, sure be the good vegetables daily life, ancient poet Tu Fu left us famous poems, it said "Night Rain Cut Spring Chives,New Cook Boil Yellow Grain!"
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Chinese Leek (Chinese Chives) Modern Research Update:

A pilot study on anticancer activities of Chinese leek.

To investigate the anticancer activities of Chinese leek (Allium tuberosum Rottler; [CL]). DESIGN: Fresh CL was extracted and reconstituted in phosphate-buffered saline. The in vitro antiproliferation activities of the extract were tested with two murine cancer cell lines and four human cancer cell lines. The in vivo anticancer effects were tested in C57BL mice with lung metastases of B16-F10 melanoma. The mice were inoculated with B16-F10 melanoma cells by intravenous (IV) injection on day 1. CL extract was given on days 6-8 by either IV injection or oral gavage. The lung metastases were examined on day 16. RESULTS: The extract inhibited the in vitro growth of all six cancer cell lines studied. The dose-response curves were sigmoidal with IC50 (50% inhibition concentrations) in the range of 2.5-13.0 mg of raw material per milliliter for the six cancer cell lines. At the CL concentration of 8-100 mg of raw material per milliliter, all the cells underwent apoptosis, and no live cells were left after being exposed to CL for 4-6 hours. Typical apoptosis-specific cell morphology changes were observed under a microscope. The induction of cancer cell apoptosis by CL extract was further verified by the DNA ladder assay. Treatment with a daily oral dose of the extract (equivalent to 2.5 or 12.5 mg of raw material per gram of body weight) reduced the B16-F10 melanoma lung metastatic colonies in mice by 40% (p less than 0.03). IV injection of the extract (equivalent to 1.25 or 6.25 mg of raw material per gram of body weight) did not show any effect. CONCLUSIONS: CL extract inhibited cancer cell growth and induced apoptosis in vitro. Oral administration of CL extract significantly reduced lung metastases in the present animal model.
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Chinese chives also good for medicinal use except nutrition use. Modern research proved following characters:

Chinese chives contain large amount of fibrin,take chives could make chew muscle strong,prompt digest function of stomach and intestines,prevent constipation, prevent decayed tooth, decrease toxicant,carcinogen,etc.

Root and Seed of Chinese chives could be used to treat injuries from falls,haematemesis,and some other disease, famous doctor Li Shi Zhen once quoted:Chives are "the most useful in all vegetables!"
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Clinical analysisi proved that volatile oil and dipropyl disulfide make chives aroma smell and functions lower blood cholesterol, good for treatment of high blood pressure and coronary heart disease.
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Vitro antimicrobial activity of four diallyl sulphides occurring naturally in garlic and Chinese leek oils:

The in-vitro antimicrobial activity of garlic oil, Chinese leek oil and four diallyl sulphides occurring naturally in these oils against Staphylococcus aureus, methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA), three Candida spp. and three Aspergillus spp. (total of 276 clinical isolates) was studied.
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The magnitude of activity of the four diallyl sulphides followed the order diallyl tetrasulphide > diallyl trisulphide > diallyl disulphide > diallyl monosulphide. These results suggest that disulphide bonds are an important factor in determining the antimicrobial capabilities of these sulphides. The concentration of four diallyl sulphides in garlic and Chinese leek oils was in the range 41.7~52.7% of total sulphides. Garlic oil, with a higher concentration of four diallyl sulphides, showed greater antimicrobial activity than Chinese leek oil. Diallyl disulphide, diallyl trisulphide, diallyl tetrasulphide and the oils rich in these sulphides may have a role in the prevention or treatment of infections.