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
ORTHOFERULIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OXALACETIC-CARBOXYLASE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID	9	Fruit	not available	111.0	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Seed	17.0	25.0	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID	13	Seed	5.0	10.0	0.24	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID	11	Plant	9.7	37.0	0.43	Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID	11	Seed	6.8	20.0	0.34	Duke, 1992 *
PECTINS	0	Seed	not available	10100.0	0.51	Duke, 1992 *
PENTADECA-TRANS-2,CIS-4-DIENAL	0	Shoot	not available	2.2	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENTOSANS	0	Seed	63000.0	83000.0	0.09	Duke, 1992 *
PEPTIDASE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENOLICS	0	Seed	831.0	1662.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE	7	Plant	4000.0	11000.0	0.71	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE	7	Seed	7452.0	8694.0	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHODIESTERASE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHOENOL-PYRUVATE-CARBOXYLASE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHOGLUCONIC-DEHYDROGENASE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHOMONOESTERASE	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 *