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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
Tumor-Promoter 1 J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Tumorigenic 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Ubiquiot 7 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Uricogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Uricosuric 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant 1 Martindale's 29th
Urine-Acidifier 1 Martindale's 28th
Urine-Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Uterorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Uterosedative 1 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Uterotrophic 1 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
Varroacide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator 12 Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor 1 Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary 6 Duke, 1992 *
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).