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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
URACIL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
URIDINE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VALINE 3 Seed 2000.0 9000.0 -0.37 Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Seed 13.0 39.0 0.05 Duke, 1992 *
VICENIN-1 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VIT-E 0 Sprout Seedling not available 2700.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Plant 666000.0 876000.0 0.45 Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Seed 60000.0 159000.0 -0.26 Duke, 1992 *
XYLOSE 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Seed 12.0 19.0 -0.74 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
Anticlaudificant? 1 Martindale's 29th
Anticlimacteric 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticoeliac 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticold 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticomplementary 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant 5 Duke, 1992 *
Anticoronary 5 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCrohn's 3 Martindale's 29th
AntiCRP 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCTS 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticystinuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticystitic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticytotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidandruff 4 A.L.L. Hunting. Encyclopedia of Shampoo Ingredients. Micelle Press, Cranford NJ. 467 pp.
Antidecubitic 4 Martindale's 28th
Antideliriant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidementia 9 Martindale's 29th
Antidepressant 10 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidepressant? 1 Duke, 1992 *