Plant Triticum aestivum (Poaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
PYRIDOXINE	43	Seed	2.6	13.0	1.67	Duke, 1992 *
PYROGALLOL-OXIDASE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RAFFINOSE	1	Seed	not available	3300.0	-0.68	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Plant	11.0	40.0	1.99	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Seed	0.7	8.0	1.72	Duke, 1992 *
RIBONUCLEASE	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RIBULOSE-DIPHOSPHATE-CARBOXYLASE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLIC-ACID	34	Seed	3.0	4.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
SCHAFTOSIDE	1	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SERINE	1	Seed	1000.0	7567.0	-0.58	Duke, 1992 *
SINAPIC-ACID	9	Seed	14.0	15.0	-0.58	Duke, 1992 *
SINAPOYL-8-D-GALACTOSYL-6-C-ARABINOSYL-APIGENIN	0	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SINAPOYL-ISOSCHAFTOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SINAPOYL-VICENIN-1	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Plant	200.0	3000.0	-0.14	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Seed	0.0	2200.0	2.78	Duke, 1992 *
SP	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STACHYOSE	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STARCH	5	Seed	542000.0	800000.0	1.98	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
PAF-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Parasiticide	1	Martindale's 29th
Parasympathomimetic	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Percutaneostimulant	1	Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfumery	2	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Pesticide	32	Duke, 1992 *
PGE2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Phospholipase-A2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Phospholipase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Phytoalexin	1	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Pituitary-Stimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
PKC-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Plasmodicide	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Poultice	1	Martindale's 29th
Preservative	2	Merck 11th Edition
Progestational	1	Duke, 1992 *
Progesteronigenic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Prolactinogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).