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Common Names
Wheat
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MONOGALACTOSYL-DIGLYCERIDE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRISTIC-ACID | 6 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-DEMETHYL-DIAZEPAM | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEOKETOSE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NIACIN | 39 | Plant | 20.0 | 73.0 | -0.05 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NIACIN | 39 | Seed | 15.0 | 117.0 | 2.22 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NICKEL | 3 | Seed | not available | 2.4 | -0.46 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NON-CIS-3-EN-1-OL | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NON-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NONA-CIS-3,CIS-6-DIEN-1-OL | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NONA-TRANS-2,CIS-6-DIEN-1-AL | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NONA-TRANS-2,CIS-6-DIEN-1-OL | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NONAN-1-OL | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NONANAL | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NUCLEOTIDASE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| O-COUMARIC-ACID | 4 | Seed | 5.0 | 10.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCHRATOXIN-A | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCT-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCTAN-1-OL | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | 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). |