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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
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 *
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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
Antitumor (Colon) 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colorectal) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Forestomach) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Liver) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung) 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Mouth) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin) 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter 6 Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive 1 Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 200.
Antitympanitic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiulcer 15 Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcerogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiuremic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AntiUTI 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antivaccinia 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antivaricose 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.