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
DIHYDROERGOSTEROL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ERGOSTEROL	5	Seed	not available	12.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ESTERASE	0	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-BETA-D-FRUCTOFURANOSIDE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Plant	10000.0	30000.0	-0.32	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	8000.0	39000.0	-1.19	Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID	61	Seed	15.0	32.0	-0.39	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Plant	23300.0	421000.0	1.47	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Seed	3000.0	62000.0	-0.57	Duke, 1992 *
FOLACIN	15	Seed	0.0	0.9	-0.70	Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE	8	Seed	not available	600.0	-0.81	Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSYLRAFFINOSE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GADUSEN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-DIHYDROSITOSTEROLFERULIC-ACID-ESTER	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL	14	Oil	39.0	527.0	0.59	Duke, 1992 *
GENTISIC-ACID	8	Seed	2.0	4.0	-1.27	Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLINS	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLIADIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLOBULIN	0	Seed	60000.0	100000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCODIFRUCTOSE	0	Seed	not available	4100.0	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 *