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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| 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. |