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Plant Triticum aestivum (Poaceae)

Common Names
Wheat
How this plant is used
Food

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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
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 *
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
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