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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
LECITHIN 20 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE 2 Plant 20000.0 26000.0 1.34 Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE 2 Seed 8000.0 18000.0 0.09 Duke, 1992 *
LICHENASE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIGNOCERIC-ACID 1 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIPASE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIPOXIDASE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN 15 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE 4 Plant 15000.0 18000.0 0.98 Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE 4 Seed 2000.0 9000.0 -0.42 Duke, 1992 *
LYSOLECITHIN 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Plant 300.0 7000.0 0.91 Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Seed 530.0 3500.0 0.22 Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Plant 0.0 105.0 0.06 Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Seed 0.0 86.0 0.40 Duke, 1992 *
MANNOSE 3 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MERCURY 1 Seed not available 0.1 -0.26 Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE 15 Seed 1000.0 4000.0 -0.08 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
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).