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
PHOSPHORUS	4	Plant	400.0	7200.0	1.74	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Seed	800.0	6800.0	0.38	Duke, 1992 *
PHYLLOQUINONE	5	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTASE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTIC-ACID	9	Seed	not available	48500.0	2.35	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTIC-PHOSPHORUS	0	Seed	2370.0	3760.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTERYL-6-O-ACYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Plant	1200.0	43500.0	1.51	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Seed	940.0	7900.0	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
PROLAMINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE	0	Root	not available	173.0	-1.19	Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE	0	Seed	17526.0	20447.0	1.79	Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE	0	Shoot	not available	12.0	-0.71	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Plant	38000.0	94000.0	-0.65	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	80000.0	380000.0	1.30	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEINASE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID	43	Seed	3.0	6.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
PUROTHIONIN-A	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PUTRESCINE	0	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PYRIDINE-NUCLEOTIDE-OXIDASE	0	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 *