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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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List of plant chemicals.
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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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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticancer (Lung) 1 *
Anticancer (Skin) 2 *
Anticanker 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticarcinogenic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticarcinomic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticarcinomic (Breast) 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticardiospasmic 1 *
Anticariogenic 4 Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticarpal-Tunnel 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract 10 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticervicaldysplasic 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiCFS 2 *
Anticheilitic 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antichorea 1 *
Antichoreic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticirrhotic 3 *
Anticirrhotic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticlastogen 2 *