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
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 *

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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