An official website of the United States government.

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Plant Triticum aestivum (Poaceae)

Common Names
Wheat
How this plant is used
Food

Select a Results View:

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
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 *
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
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Termiticide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Testosteronigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thermogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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).