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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SUCCINIC-DEHYDROGENASE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SUCROSE | 14 | Seed | not available | 8400.0 | -0.58 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SUGAR | 0 | Seed | 14000.0 | 59000.0 | -0.23 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SULFUR | 14 | Plant | 1300.0 | 2900.0 | -0.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SULFUR | 14 | Seed | 1200.0 | 3200.0 | 0.38 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SYRINGIC-ACID | 6 | Seed | 3.0 | 5.0 | -0.66 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TETRADECA-2,12-DIEN-4,6,8,10-TETRAYN | 0 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Plant | 3.3 | 4.0 | -0.31 | Duke, 1992 * |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Seed | 1.1 | 12.0 | 1.29 | Duke, 1992 * |
| THREONINE | 4 | Seed | 3000.0 | 6000.0 | -0.48 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TOCOPHEROL | 93 | Seed | 59.0 | 1897.0 | -0.23 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRICIN | 9 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRIDEC-1,11-DIEN-3,5,7,9-TETRAYN | 0 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRIDEC-1-EN-3,5,7,9,11-PENTAYN | 0 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRIGONELLINE | 15 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRIPHOSPHOPYRIDINE-NUCLEOTIDE-OXIDASE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRITIOL | 0 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRYPTOPHAN | 29 | Seed | 1000.0 | 3000.0 | -0.11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TYROSINE | 8 | Seed | 1000.0 | 9000.0 | 0.29 | 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 |