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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
CHLOROPHYLL-A 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROPHYLL-B 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE 20 Root not available 48.0 -0.41 Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE 20 Seed 530.0 1800.0 0.12 Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE 20 Shoot not available 121.0 -0.61 Duke, 1992 *
CITRININ 2 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Plant 0.0 0.2 -0.47 Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Seed 0.1 0.2 -0.20 Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Plant 2.2 4.0 -1.11 Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Seed 1.1 16.7 0.17 Duke, 1992 *
CYSTEINE 13 Seed 1242.0 1449.0 -0.77 Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE 2 Seed 1242.0 4000.0 0.59 Duke, 1992 *
CYTOCHROME-C 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DEC-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DECANAL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DECHLORO-DIAZEPAM 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DHURRIN 1 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIAMINO-PROPANE 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIAZEPAM 14 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIGALACTOSYL-DIGLYCERIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
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 *