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Plant Triticum aestivum (Poaceae)

Common Names
Wheat
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
MONOGALACTOSYL-DIGLYCERIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-DEMETHYL-DIAZEPAM 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEOKETOSE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Plant 20.0 73.0 -0.05 Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Seed 15.0 117.0 2.22 Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL 3 Seed not available 2.4 -0.46 Duke, 1992 *
NON-CIS-3-EN-1-OL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NON-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NONA-CIS-3,CIS-6-DIEN-1-OL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NONA-TRANS-2,CIS-6-DIEN-1-AL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NONA-TRANS-2,CIS-6-DIEN-1-OL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-1-OL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NONANAL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NUCLEOTIDASE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
O-COUMARIC-ACID 4 Seed 5.0 10.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
OCHRATOXIN-A 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCT-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-1-OL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Plant 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
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).