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Plant Triticum aestivum (Poaceae)

Common Names
Wheat
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
PYRIDOXINE 43 Seed 2.6 13.0 1.67 Duke, 1992 *
PYROGALLOL-OXIDASE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RAFFINOSE 1 Seed not available 3300.0 -0.68 Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Plant 11.0 40.0 1.99 Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Seed 0.7 8.0 1.72 Duke, 1992 *
RIBONUCLEASE 2 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RIBULOSE-DIPHOSPHATE-CARBOXYLASE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLIC-ACID 34 Seed 3.0 4.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
SCHAFTOSIDE 1 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SERINE 1 Seed 1000.0 7567.0 -0.58 Duke, 1992 *
SINAPIC-ACID 9 Seed 14.0 15.0 -0.58 Duke, 1992 *
SINAPOYL-8-D-GALACTOSYL-6-C-ARABINOSYL-APIGENIN 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SINAPOYL-ISOSCHAFTOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SINAPOYL-VICENIN-1 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Plant 200.0 3000.0 -0.14 Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Seed 0.0 2200.0 2.78 Duke, 1992 *
SP 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STACHYOSE 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STARCH 5 Seed 542000.0 800000.0 1.98 Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antiperoxynitrite 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipharyngitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiphenylketonuric 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiphotophobic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antipityriasic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplaque 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplasmodial 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiPMS 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodagric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipodriac 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipolio 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antipoliomyelitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiporphyric 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiprolactin 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproliferant 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostanoid 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatitic 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antipruritic 1 Merck 11th Edition