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
PHOSPHORUS	4	Plant	400.0	7200.0	1.74	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Seed	800.0	6800.0	0.38	Duke, 1992 *
PHYLLOQUINONE	5	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTASE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTIC-ACID	9	Seed	not available	48500.0	2.35	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTIC-PHOSPHORUS	0	Seed	2370.0	3760.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTERYL-6-O-ACYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Plant	1200.0	43500.0	1.51	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Seed	940.0	7900.0	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
PROLAMINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE	0	Root	not available	173.0	-1.19	Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE	0	Seed	17526.0	20447.0	1.79	Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE	0	Shoot	not available	12.0	-0.71	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Plant	38000.0	94000.0	-0.65	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	80000.0	380000.0	1.30	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEINASE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID	43	Seed	3.0	6.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
PUROTHIONIN-A	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PUTRESCINE	0	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PYRIDINE-NUCLEOTIDE-OXIDASE	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
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 *