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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Triticum aestivum (Poaceae)

Common Names
Wheat
How this plant is used
Food
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
1,3-AMINO-PROPYL-PYRROLINIUM 0 Sprout Seedling *
1,3-DIFERULOYL-GLYCEROL 0 Root *
1-O-(6-O-ACYL-BETA-D-GALACTOPYRANOSYL)-2,3-DI-O-ACYL-D-GLY... 0 Plant *
2'-CHLORO-DIAZEPAM 0 Seed *
2'-CHLORO-N-DEMETHYL-DIAZEPAM 0 Seed *
2(3)-BENZOXAZOLINONE 0 Root *
2-(2,4-DIHYDROXY-1,4(2H)-BENZOXAZIN-3(4H)-ON-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant *
2-(2,4-DIHYDROXY-7-METHOXY-1-4(2H)-BENZOXAZIN-3-(4H)ON)-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Sprout Seedling *
2-(2-HYDROXY-4,7-DIMETHOXY-1-4(2H)-BENZOXAZIN-3-ONE-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf *
2-(2-HYDROXY-7-METHOXY-1,4(2H)-BENZOXAZIN-3(4H)-ON-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Sprout Seedling *
3-HYDROXY-2'-CHLORO-DIAZEPAM 0 Seed *
4-DECYL-PENTA-TRANS-2,4-DIENAL 0 Plant *
5,7,4'-TRIHYDROXY-3',5-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Sprout Seedling *
6-METHOXY-2(3)1-4(2H)-BENZOXAZOLINONE 0 Root *
8-METHOXYCOUMARIN 0 Seed *
ADENINE 11 Petiole *
ADENOSINE 28 Petiole *
ALANINE 3 Seed 3036.0 3542.0 -1.41 *
ALBUMIN 0 Seed 30000.0 50000.0 *
ALLANTOIN 12 Embryo *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Soap 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spermigenic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Sunscreen 5 Jim Duke's personal files.
Suppository 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Suppurative 1 *
Sweetener 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Teratologic 1 *
Termiticide 1 *
Testosteronigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thermogenic 1 *
Thymoprotective 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Tineacide 1 Martindale's 29th
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 2 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 2 *
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 2 Azuma, Y., Onishi, Y., Sato, Y., Kizaki, H. 1995. Effects of Protein Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors With Different Modes of Action on Topoisomerase Activity and Death of IL-2-Dependent CTLL-2-Cells. J Biochemistry, 118: 312-318.
Toxic 1 Martindale's 28th
Tranquilizer 2 *
Tremorigenic 1 Martindale's 28th
Trichomonicide 2 Martindale's 29th
Triglycerigenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).