Plant Triticum aestivum (Poaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
ALPHA-AMYLASE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN	10	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CARBOXYLASE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-DIHYDROXYCAROTENE	0	Seed	not available	1.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Oil	1508.0	2170.0	2.51	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Seed	not available	1271.0	3.31	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TRITICENE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TRITISTEROL	0	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AMMONIALYASE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN	101	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARABINOSE	0	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Seed	4000.0	12000.0	-0.54	Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC	2	Seed	not available	0.1	0.06	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Seed	4000.0	12000.0	-1.08	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARAGINE-SYNTHESASE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Seed	5106.0	5957.0	-1.48	Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYLASE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	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
Antivertigo	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	12	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antivitiligic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antixerophthalmic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anxiolytic	9	Duke, 1992 *
Aphrodisiac	1	Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor	1	Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999.
Arteriodilator	2	Duke, 1992 *
Ascaricide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Asthma-preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent	1	Martindale's 28th
Atherogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
ATPase-Inhibitor	1	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Autotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bacteristat	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker	2	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *