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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Triticum aestivum (Poaceae)

Common Names
Wheat
How this plant is used
Food
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
URACIL 0 Seed *
URIDINE 0 Seed *
VALINE 3 Seed 2000.0 9000.0 -0.37 *
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Seed 13.0 39.0 0.05 *
VICENIN-1 0 Plant *
VIT-E 0 Sprout Seedling 2700.0 *
WATER 0 Plant 666000.0 876000.0 0.45 *
WATER 0 Seed 60000.0 159000.0 -0.26 *
XYLOSE 3 Plant *
ZINC 77 Seed 12.0 19.0 -0.74 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cholagogue 3 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 7 *
Cholesterolytic 1 *
Cholinergic 2 Martindale's 28th
Circulatory-Stimulant 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Circulotonic 3 *
Clastogenic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant 2 *
CNS-Paralytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Stimulant 2 *
Co-carcinogenic 1 *
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagen-Sparing 2 *
Collagenic 2 *
Collyrium 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Colorant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedogenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Comedolytic 2 Martindale's 29th
COMT-Inhibitor 1 *