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
PYRIDOXINE	43	Seed	2.6	13.0	1.67	Duke, 1992 *
PYROGALLOL-OXIDASE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RAFFINOSE	1	Seed	not available	3300.0	-0.68	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Plant	11.0	40.0	1.99	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Seed	0.7	8.0	1.72	Duke, 1992 *
RIBONUCLEASE	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RIBULOSE-DIPHOSPHATE-CARBOXYLASE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLIC-ACID	34	Seed	3.0	4.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
SCHAFTOSIDE	1	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SERINE	1	Seed	1000.0	7567.0	-0.58	Duke, 1992 *
SINAPIC-ACID	9	Seed	14.0	15.0	-0.58	Duke, 1992 *
SINAPOYL-8-D-GALACTOSYL-6-C-ARABINOSYL-APIGENIN	0	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SINAPOYL-ISOSCHAFTOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SINAPOYL-VICENIN-1	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Plant	200.0	3000.0	-0.14	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Seed	0.0	2200.0	2.78	Duke, 1992 *
SP	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STACHYOSE	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STARCH	5	Seed	542000.0	800000.0	1.98	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
Juvabional	2	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Keratolytic	3	Martindale's 28th
Larvicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Larvistat	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Laxative	7	Duke, 1992 *
Leptingenic	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Leukotriene-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Lipolytic	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.
Lipotropic	5	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	5	Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lithogenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Litholytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lubricant	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lyase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
MAO-A-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
MAO-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
MAPK-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Memorigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Memory-Enhancer	1	Science News, 138: 189, 1990.