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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
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 *
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
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.