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
LECITHIN	20	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE	2	Plant	20000.0	26000.0	1.34	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE	2	Seed	8000.0	18000.0	0.09	Duke, 1992 *
LICHENASE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIGNOCERIC-ACID	1	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIPASE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIPOXIDASE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN	15	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE	4	Plant	15000.0	18000.0	0.98	Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE	4	Seed	2000.0	9000.0	-0.42	Duke, 1992 *
LYSOLECITHIN	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Plant	300.0	7000.0	0.91	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Seed	530.0	3500.0	0.22	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Plant	0.0	105.0	0.06	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Seed	0.0	86.0	0.40	Duke, 1992 *
MANNOSE	3	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MERCURY	1	Seed	not available	0.1	-0.26	Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE	15	Seed	1000.0	4000.0	-0.08	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 *