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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
MONOGALACTOSYL-DIGLYCERIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-DEMETHYL-DIAZEPAM 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEOKETOSE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Plant 20.0 73.0 -0.05 Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Seed 15.0 117.0 2.22 Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL 3 Seed not available 2.4 -0.46 Duke, 1992 *
NON-CIS-3-EN-1-OL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NON-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NONA-CIS-3,CIS-6-DIEN-1-OL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NONA-TRANS-2,CIS-6-DIEN-1-AL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NONA-TRANS-2,CIS-6-DIEN-1-OL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-1-OL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NONANAL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NUCLEOTIDASE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
O-COUMARIC-ACID 4 Seed 5.0 10.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
OCHRATOXIN-A 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCT-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-1-OL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Plant 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
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.