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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DIHYDROERGOSTEROL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ERGOSTEROL | 5 | Seed | not available | 12.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ESTERASE | 0 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ETHYL-BETA-D-FRUCTOFURANOSIDE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Plant | 10000.0 | 30000.0 | -0.32 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 8000.0 | 39000.0 | -1.19 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FERULIC-ACID | 61 | Seed | 15.0 | 32.0 | -0.39 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Plant | 23300.0 | 421000.0 | 1.47 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Seed | 3000.0 | 62000.0 | -0.57 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FOLACIN | 15 | Seed | 0.0 | 0.9 | -0.70 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FRUCTOSE | 8 | Seed | not available | 600.0 | -0.81 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FRUCTOSYLRAFFINOSE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GADUSEN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-DIHYDROSITOSTEROLFERULIC-ACID-ESTER | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL | 14 | Oil | 39.0 | 527.0 | 0.59 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GENTISIC-ACID | 8 | Seed | 2.0 | 4.0 | -1.27 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GIBBERELLINS | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLIADIN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLOBULIN | 0 | Seed | 60000.0 | 100000.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUCODIFRUCTOSE | 0 | Seed | not available | 4100.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Anticancer (Lung) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Skin) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antichoreic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Anticirrhotic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticirrhotic? | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Anticlastogen | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |