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
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 *

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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).