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Common Names
Wheat
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Seed | 0.0 | 0.2 | -0.42 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-IONONE | 13 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-TRITISTEROL | 0 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETAINE | 14 | Root | not available | 82.0 | -0.36 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETAINE | 14 | Shoot | not available | 1640.0 | 2.22 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BIOTIN | 4 | Seed | not available | 216.0 | 0.44 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BORON | 4 | Seed | 1.0 | 16.0 | -0.38 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CADMIUM | 3 | Seed | not available | 0.3 | -0.22 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAFFEIC-ACID | 102 | Seed | 3.0 | 4.0 | -0.77 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Plant | 900.0 | 10400.0 | -0.34 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Seed | 100.0 | 4100.0 | -0.01 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPESTEROL-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAPRINIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Seed | not available | 610000.0 | 0.34 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAROTENE | 0 | Plant | 97.0 | 953.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CATALASE | 1 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CEPHALIN | 1 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHLORINE | 7 | Plant | 670.0 | 3400.0 | -0.70 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHLORINE | 7 | Seed | 300.0 | 1800.0 | 2.96 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHLOROGENIC-ACID | 77 | Seed | not available | 5.0 | -0.62 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antisenility | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiseptic | 14 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiserotonin | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antishingles | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antisickling | 6 | Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990. |
| Antispare-Tire | 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 |
| Antispasmodic | 14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antispasmophilic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| AntiSpina-Bifida | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antisprue | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistaphylococcic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisteatotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisterility | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistomatitic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
| Antistreptococcic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistress | 5 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antistroke | 4 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antisunburn | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisyndrome-X | 5 | 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 |
| Antitachycardic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |