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
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Seed	0.0	0.2	-0.42	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-IONONE	13	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-TRITISTEROL	0	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETAINE	14	Root	not available	82.0	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
BETAINE	14	Shoot	not available	1640.0	2.22	Duke, 1992 *
BIOTIN	4	Seed	not available	216.0	0.44	Duke, 1992 *
BORON	4	Seed	1.0	16.0	-0.38	Duke, 1992 *
CADMIUM	3	Seed	not available	0.3	-0.22	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Seed	3.0	4.0	-0.77	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Plant	900.0	10400.0	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Seed	100.0	4100.0	-0.01	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPRINIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Seed	not available	610000.0	0.34	Duke, 1992 *
CAROTENE	0	Plant	97.0	953.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CATALASE	1	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CEPHALIN	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHLORINE	7	Plant	670.0	3400.0	-0.70	Duke, 1992 *
CHLORINE	7	Seed	300.0	1800.0	2.96	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Seed	not available	5.0	-0.62	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).