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
ALPHA-AMYLASE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN	10	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CARBOXYLASE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-DIHYDROXYCAROTENE	0	Seed	not available	1.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Oil	1508.0	2170.0	2.51	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Seed	not available	1271.0	3.31	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TRITICENE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TRITISTEROL	0	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AMMONIALYASE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN	101	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARABINOSE	0	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Seed	4000.0	12000.0	-0.54	Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC	2	Seed	not available	0.1	0.06	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Seed	4000.0	12000.0	-1.08	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARAGINE-SYNTHESASE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Seed	5106.0	5957.0	-1.48	Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYLASE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	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
Contraceptive	1	Martindale's 28th
Copper-Antagonist	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Copper-Chelator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cosmetic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COX-1-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor	6	Newmark, T. M. and Schulick, P. 2000. Herbal Cox-2 Inhibition - Nature's Challenge to Arthritis, Cancer & Alzheimer's Disease. Hohm Press, Prescott AZ.
Cyanogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytoprotective	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Cytotoxic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Deiodinase-Inhibitor	2	Jim Duke's personal files.
Demulcent	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Deodorant	1	Martindale's 29th
Dermatitigenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diagnostic	1	Martindale's 28th