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
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Seed	0.0	0.2	-0.42	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-IONONE	13	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-TRITISTEROL	0	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETAINE	14	Root	not available	82.0	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
BETAINE	14	Shoot	not available	1640.0	2.22	Duke, 1992 *
BIOTIN	4	Seed	not available	216.0	0.44	Duke, 1992 *
BORON	4	Seed	1.0	16.0	-0.38	Duke, 1992 *
CADMIUM	3	Seed	not available	0.3	-0.22	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Seed	3.0	4.0	-0.77	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Plant	900.0	10400.0	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Seed	100.0	4100.0	-0.01	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPRINIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Seed	not available	610000.0	0.34	Duke, 1992 *
CAROTENE	0	Plant	97.0	953.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CATALASE	1	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CEPHALIN	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHLORINE	7	Plant	670.0	3400.0	-0.70	Duke, 1992 *
CHLORINE	7	Seed	300.0	1800.0	2.96	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Seed	not available	5.0	-0.62	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 *