Plant Triticum aestivum (Poaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Wheat

How this plant is used

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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
Amnesigenic	1	Martindale's 29th
Analgesic	16	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	1	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Anthelmintic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacid	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiacne	5	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiADD	2	Martindale's 29th
AntiAddisonian	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenoviral	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiadhesive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiadrenalinic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiaflatoxin	2	Duke, 1992 *
AntiAGE	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95