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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LECITHIN | 20 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LEUCINE | 2 | Plant | 20000.0 | 26000.0 | 1.34 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LEUCINE | 2 | Seed | 8000.0 | 18000.0 | 0.09 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LICHENASE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIGNOCERIC-ACID | 1 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLENIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIPASE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIPOXIDASE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LUTEIN | 15 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LYSINE | 4 | Plant | 15000.0 | 18000.0 | 0.98 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LYSINE | 4 | Seed | 2000.0 | 9000.0 | -0.42 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LYSOLECITHIN | 1 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Plant | 300.0 | 7000.0 | 0.91 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Seed | 530.0 | 3500.0 | 0.22 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Plant | 0.0 | 105.0 | 0.06 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Seed | 0.0 | 86.0 | 0.40 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANNOSE | 3 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MERCURY | 1 | Seed | not available | 0.1 | -0.26 | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHIONINE | 15 | Seed | 1000.0 | 4000.0 | -0.08 | 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. |