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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| 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). |