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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
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Seed 0.0 0.2 -0.42 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-IONONE 13 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-TRITISTEROL 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETAINE 14 Root not available 82.0 -0.36 Duke, 1992 *
BETAINE 14 Shoot not available 1640.0 2.22 Duke, 1992 *
BIOTIN 4 Seed not available 216.0 0.44 Duke, 1992 *
BORON 4 Seed 1.0 16.0 -0.38 Duke, 1992 *
CADMIUM 3 Seed not available 0.3 -0.22 Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Seed 3.0 4.0 -0.77 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Plant 900.0 10400.0 -0.34 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Seed 100.0 4100.0 -0.01 Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAPRINIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed not available 610000.0 0.34 Duke, 1992 *
CAROTENE 0 Plant 97.0 953.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
CATALASE 1 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CEPHALIN 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHLORINE 7 Plant 670.0 3400.0 -0.70 Duke, 1992 *
CHLORINE 7 Seed 300.0 1800.0 2.96 Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Seed not available 5.0 -0.62 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
Metal-Chelator 3 McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Metal-Chelator (Copper) 1 Seidel, V., Verholle, M., Malard, Y., Tillequin, F., Fruchart, J-C., Duriez, P., Bailleul, F., Teissier, E. 2000. Phenylpropanoids from Ballota nigra L. Inhibit in vitro LDL Peroxidation. Phytotherapy Research, 14(2): 93-98.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Metastatic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
MMP-9-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Monoamine-Precursor 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mosquitocide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Motor-Depressant 1 Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mucogenic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic 1 Martindale's 28th
Musculotropic 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Mutagenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Myocardiotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Narcotic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Natriuretic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Nematicide 5 Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 44: 183.
Neoplastic 1 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NEP-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *