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Plant Triticum aestivum (Poaceae)

Common Names
Wheat
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
HEX-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-TRANS-2-EN-1-OL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-AL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXOKINASE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXOSE-DIPHOSPHATASE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE 7 Seed 1000.0 6000.0 -0.03 Duke, 1992 *
HYDROXAMIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
INOSITOL 8 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Plant 70.0 770.0 0.17 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Seed 10.0 120.0 -0.14 Duke, 1992 *
ISOCHLOROGENIC-ACID 4 Seed not available 1.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ISOCITRATE-DEHYDROGENASE 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOFERULIC-ACID 4 Seed 1.0 5.0 -0.70 Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Plant 10000.0 17000.0 1.26 Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Seed 4000.0 12000.0 0.19 Duke, 1992 *
ISOSCHAFTOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Seed 3400.0 5221.0 0.28 Duke, 1992 *
LAMINARASE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ACID 7 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LEAD 0 Seed not available 1.7 -0.23 Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Herbistat 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
HIF-1alpha-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Histamine-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
HIV-RT-Inhibitor 1 Nakane, H., Fukushima, M., and Ono*, K. Differential Inhibition Of Reverse Transcriptase And Various DNA Polymerases By Digallic Acid And Its Derivatives. Journal of Natural Products, 53(5): 1234-1240, 1990.
Hyaluronidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hydrocholerectic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypercholesterolemic 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hyperglycemic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hypertensive 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hyperuricemic 1 Martindale's 28th
Hypnotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypoammonemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoarginanemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypocalcemic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hypocholesterolemic 16 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic 10 Duke, 1992 *
Hypolipidemic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive 11 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypothermic 1 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Hypouricemic 1 Duke, 1992 *