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Common Names
Wheat
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Plant | 400.0 | 7200.0 | 1.74 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Seed | 800.0 | 6800.0 | 0.38 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYLLOQUINONE | 5 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYTASE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYTIC-ACID | 9 | Seed | not available | 48500.0 | 2.35 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYTIC-PHOSPHORUS | 0 | Seed | 2370.0 | 3760.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYTOSTERYL-6-O-ACYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Plant | 1200.0 | 43500.0 | 1.51 | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Seed | 940.0 | 7900.0 | -0.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROLAMINE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROLINE | 0 | Root | not available | 173.0 | -1.19 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROLINE | 0 | Seed | 17526.0 | 20447.0 | 1.79 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROLINE | 0 | Shoot | not available | 12.0 | -0.71 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Plant | 38000.0 | 94000.0 | -0.65 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Seed | 80000.0 | 380000.0 | 1.30 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEINASE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID | 43 | Seed | 3.0 | 6.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PUROTHIONIN-A | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PUTRESCINE | 0 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PYRIDINE-NUCLEOTIDE-OXIDASE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Flatugenic | 3 | Singh, J., Gupta, K., and Arora, S.K. 1993. Changes in the anti-nutritional factors of developing seeds and pod walls of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum L.). Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 46: 77-84, 1994. |
| FLavor | 7 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Fungicide | 14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fungistat | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Gastroprotective | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glucogonogenic | 1 | LAWSON in Koch, H. P. and Lawson, L. D., eds. 1996. Garlic- The Science and therapeutic application of Allium sativum L. and related species. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore. 329 pp. |
| Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glutathione-Depleting | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glutathionergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glutathionigenic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Hematopoietic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Hemolytic | 1 | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| Hemostat | 2 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Hemostatic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Hepatocarcinogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatomagenic | 1 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp. |
| Hepatoprotective | 13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatotoxic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatotropic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Herbicide | 1 | Angewandte Botanik 68(5/6)=1994. Page 195. |