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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PYRIDOXINE | 43 | Seed | 2.6 | 13.0 | 1.67 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PYROGALLOL-OXIDASE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN | 176 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RAFFINOSE | 1 | Seed | not available | 3300.0 | -0.68 | Duke, 1992 * |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Plant | 11.0 | 40.0 | 1.99 | Duke, 1992 * |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Seed | 0.7 | 8.0 | 1.72 | Duke, 1992 * |
| RIBONUCLEASE | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RIBULOSE-DIPHOSPHATE-CARBOXYLASE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SALICYLIC-ACID | 34 | Seed | 3.0 | 4.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SCHAFTOSIDE | 1 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SERINE | 1 | Seed | 1000.0 | 7567.0 | -0.58 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SINAPIC-ACID | 9 | Seed | 14.0 | 15.0 | -0.58 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SINAPOYL-8-D-GALACTOSYL-6-C-ARABINOSYL-APIGENIN | 0 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SINAPOYL-ISOSCHAFTOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SINAPOYL-VICENIN-1 | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Plant | 200.0 | 3000.0 | -0.14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Seed | 0.0 | 2200.0 | 2.78 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SP | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STACHYOSE | 1 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STARCH | 5 | Seed | 542000.0 | 800000.0 | 1.98 | 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 * |