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Plant Triticum aestivum (Poaceae)

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
MONOGALACTOSYL-DIGLYCERIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-DEMETHYL-DIAZEPAM 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEOKETOSE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Plant 20.0 73.0 -0.05 Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Seed 15.0 117.0 2.22 Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL 3 Seed not available 2.4 -0.46 Duke, 1992 *
NON-CIS-3-EN-1-OL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NON-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NONA-CIS-3,CIS-6-DIEN-1-OL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NONA-TRANS-2,CIS-6-DIEN-1-AL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NONA-TRANS-2,CIS-6-DIEN-1-OL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-1-OL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NONANAL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NUCLEOTIDASE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
O-COUMARIC-ACID 4 Seed 5.0 10.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
OCHRATOXIN-A 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCT-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-1-OL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Plant 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 *