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
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 *

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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