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
PHOSPHORUS	4	Plant	400.0	7200.0	1.74	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Seed	800.0	6800.0	0.38	Duke, 1992 *
PHYLLOQUINONE	5	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTASE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTIC-ACID	9	Seed	not available	48500.0	2.35	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTIC-PHOSPHORUS	0	Seed	2370.0	3760.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTERYL-6-O-ACYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Plant	1200.0	43500.0	1.51	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Seed	940.0	7900.0	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
PROLAMINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE	0	Root	not available	173.0	-1.19	Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE	0	Seed	17526.0	20447.0	1.79	Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE	0	Shoot	not available	12.0	-0.71	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Plant	38000.0	94000.0	-0.65	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	80000.0	380000.0	1.30	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEINASE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID	43	Seed	3.0	6.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
PUROTHIONIN-A	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PUTRESCINE	0	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PYRIDINE-NUCLEOTIDE-OXIDASE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	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
Proliferant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Prooxidant	4	Duke, 1992 *
Propecic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandigenic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor	3	Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14.
PTK-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Pyrogenic	1	Conradson, T. B. G., Dixon, C. M. S., Clarke, B., Barnes, P. J. 1987. Cardiovascular Effects of Infused Adenosine in Man: Potentiation by Dipyridamole. Acta Physiol Scand, 129(3): 387-391.
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer	3	Uda, Y., Price, K. R., Williamson, G., Rhodes, M. J. C. 1997. Induction of the Anticarcinogenic Marker Enzyme, Quinone Reductase, in Murine Hepatoma Cells In Vitro by Flavonoids. Cancer Lett., 120 (2): 213-216.
Radioprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Renotoxic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Respirastimulant	1	Martindale's 29th
Retinoprotectant Optometry	1	Duke, 1992 *
Roborant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Scabicide	1	Martindale's 29th
Schizophrenigenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Secretogogue	2	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Secretomotor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Sedative	7	Duke, 1992 *
Serotoninergic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).