Plant Triticum aestivum (Poaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Wheat

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
ALPHA-AMYLASE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN	10	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CARBOXYLASE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-DIHYDROXYCAROTENE	0	Seed	not available	1.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Oil	1508.0	2170.0	2.51	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Seed	not available	1271.0	3.31	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TRITICENE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TRITISTEROL	0	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AMMONIALYASE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN	101	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARABINOSE	0	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Seed	4000.0	12000.0	-0.54	Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC	2	Seed	not available	0.1	0.06	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Seed	4000.0	12000.0	-1.08	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARAGINE-SYNTHESASE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Seed	5106.0	5957.0	-1.48	Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYLASE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Seed	not available	not available	not available	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
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	5	Duke, 1992 *
5-HETE-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient	1	Duke, 1992 *
Absorbent	1	Martindale's 29th
Acaricide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acarifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adjuvant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Aggregant	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	8	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	2	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic	6	Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic	10	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Glucosidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *