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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
DIHYDROERGOSTEROL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ERGOSTEROL 5 Seed not available 12.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ESTERASE 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-BETA-D-FRUCTOFURANOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Plant 10000.0 30000.0 -0.32 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed 8000.0 39000.0 -1.19 Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Seed 15.0 32.0 -0.39 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Plant 23300.0 421000.0 1.47 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Seed 3000.0 62000.0 -0.57 Duke, 1992 *
FOLACIN 15 Seed 0.0 0.9 -0.70 Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE 8 Seed not available 600.0 -0.81 Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSYLRAFFINOSE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GADUSEN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-DIHYDROSITOSTEROLFERULIC-ACID-ESTER 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL 14 Oil 39.0 527.0 0.59 Duke, 1992 *
GENTISIC-ACID 8 Seed 2.0 4.0 -1.27 Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLINS 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLIADIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLOBULIN 0 Seed 60000.0 100000.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
GLUCODIFRUCTOSE 0 Seed not available 4100.0 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
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