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Common Names
Wheat
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| URACIL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| URIDINE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALINE | 3 | Seed | 2000.0 | 9000.0 | -0.37 | Duke, 1992 * |
| VANILLIC-ACID | 24 | Seed | 13.0 | 39.0 | 0.05 | Duke, 1992 * |
| VICENIN-1 | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VIT-E | 0 | Sprout Seedling | not available | 2700.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WATER | 0 | Plant | 666000.0 | 876000.0 | 0.45 | Duke, 1992 * |
| WATER | 0 | Seed | 60000.0 | 159000.0 | -0.26 | Duke, 1992 * |
| XYLOSE | 3 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ZINC | 77 | Seed | 12.0 | 19.0 | -0.74 | 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). |