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
ORTHOFERULIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OXALACETIC-CARBOXYLASE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID	9	Fruit	not available	111.0	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Seed	17.0	25.0	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID	13	Seed	5.0	10.0	0.24	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID	11	Plant	9.7	37.0	0.43	Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID	11	Seed	6.8	20.0	0.34	Duke, 1992 *
PECTINS	0	Seed	not available	10100.0	0.51	Duke, 1992 *
PENTADECA-TRANS-2,CIS-4-DIENAL	0	Shoot	not available	2.2	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENTOSANS	0	Seed	63000.0	83000.0	0.09	Duke, 1992 *
PEPTIDASE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENOLICS	0	Seed	831.0	1662.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE	7	Plant	4000.0	11000.0	0.71	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE	7	Seed	7452.0	8694.0	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHODIESTERASE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHOENOL-PYRUVATE-CARBOXYLASE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHOGLUCONIC-DEHYDROGENASE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHOMONOESTERASE	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
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).