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Plant Triticum aestivum (Poaceae)

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
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 *
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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
Nephrotoxic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Neuroexcitant 1 Martindale's 28th
Neuroinhibitor 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Neuroprotective 2 Duke, 1992 *
Neurotoxic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Neurotransmitter 1 Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Genic 2 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Nodulation-Signal 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ophthalmic-Antialkali 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 6 Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Osmoregulator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Oviposition-Stimulant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Oxidant 2 Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
P21-Inducer 2 Duke, 1992 *
P450-Inducer 2 Duke, 1992 *
P450-Inhibitor 1 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.