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
CHLOROPHYLL-A	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROPHYLL-B	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE	20	Root	not available	48.0	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE	20	Seed	530.0	1800.0	0.12	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE	20	Shoot	not available	121.0	-0.61	Duke, 1992 *
CITRININ	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Plant	0.0	0.2	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Seed	0.1	0.2	-0.20	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Plant	2.2	4.0	-1.11	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Seed	1.1	16.7	0.17	Duke, 1992 *
CYSTEINE	13	Seed	1242.0	1449.0	-0.77	Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE	2	Seed	1242.0	4000.0	0.59	Duke, 1992 *
CYTOCHROME-C	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEC-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECANAL	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECHLORO-DIAZEPAM	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DHURRIN	1	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIAMINO-PROPANE	0	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIAZEPAM	14	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIGALACTOSYL-DIGLYCERIDE	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
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.