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Common Names
Wheat
How this plant is used
Food
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Bradycardiac | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Bruchiphobe | 1 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Calcium-Antagonist | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Calcium-Antagonist? | 1 | Biochimica & Biophysica Acta, 1115: 69, 1991. |
| Calcium-Channel-Blocker | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Calmodulin-Antagonist | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Cancer-Preventive | 31 | Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp. |
| Candidicide | 5 | Martindale's 29th |
| Capillariprotective | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Carcinogenic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cardiac | 1 | Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990. |
| Cardiodepressant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cardiomyopathogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Cardioprotective | 12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cardiotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Catabolic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cerebroprotective | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Cerebrotonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Chemopreventive | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |