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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
ORTHOFERULIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OXALACETIC-CARBOXYLASE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID 9 Fruit not available 111.0 -0.30 Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Seed 17.0 25.0 -0.47 Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 13 Seed 5.0 10.0 0.24 Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Plant 9.7 37.0 0.43 Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Seed 6.8 20.0 0.34 Duke, 1992 *
PECTINS 0 Seed not available 10100.0 0.51 Duke, 1992 *
PENTADECA-TRANS-2,CIS-4-DIENAL 0 Shoot not available 2.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
PENTOSANS 0 Seed 63000.0 83000.0 0.09 Duke, 1992 *
PEPTIDASE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENOLICS 0 Seed 831.0 1662.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Plant 4000.0 11000.0 0.71 Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Seed 7452.0 8694.0 -0.34 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHODIESTERASE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHOENOL-PYRUVATE-CARBOXYLASE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHOGLUCONIC-DEHYDROGENASE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHOMONOESTERASE 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
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 *