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
PYRIDOXINE	43	Seed	2.6	13.0	1.67	Duke, 1992 *
PYROGALLOL-OXIDASE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RAFFINOSE	1	Seed	not available	3300.0	-0.68	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Plant	11.0	40.0	1.99	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Seed	0.7	8.0	1.72	Duke, 1992 *
RIBONUCLEASE	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RIBULOSE-DIPHOSPHATE-CARBOXYLASE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLIC-ACID	34	Seed	3.0	4.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
SCHAFTOSIDE	1	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SERINE	1	Seed	1000.0	7567.0	-0.58	Duke, 1992 *
SINAPIC-ACID	9	Seed	14.0	15.0	-0.58	Duke, 1992 *
SINAPOYL-8-D-GALACTOSYL-6-C-ARABINOSYL-APIGENIN	0	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SINAPOYL-ISOSCHAFTOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SINAPOYL-VICENIN-1	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Plant	200.0	3000.0	-0.14	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Seed	0.0	2200.0	2.78	Duke, 1992 *
SP	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STACHYOSE	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STARCH	5	Seed	542000.0	800000.0	1.98	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
Diaphoretic?	2	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator	2	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	11	Duke, 1992 *
DNA-Active	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective	2	Duke, 1992 *
Dopaminergic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Dye	1	Merck 11th Edition
Emetic	1	Martindale's 29th
Emmenagogue	1	Wealth of India.
Emollient	1	Martindale's 29th
Epidermal-Stimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ergogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Erythrocytogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Essential	9	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Estrogenic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Ethanolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Expectorant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Fatal	1	Martindale's 29th
Fibrinolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Fistula-Preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).