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Plant Triticum aestivum (Poaceae)

Common Names
Wheat
How this plant is used
Food

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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
ALPHA-AMYLASE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN 10 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CARBOXYLASE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-DIHYDROXYCAROTENE 0 Seed not available 1.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Oil 1508.0 2170.0 2.51 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Seed not available 1271.0 3.31 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TRITICENE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TRITISTEROL 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AMMONIALYASE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN 101 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARABINOSE 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE 14 Seed 4000.0 12000.0 -0.54 Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC 2 Seed not available 0.1 0.06 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Seed 4000.0 12000.0 -1.08 Duke, 1992 *
ASPARAGINE-SYNTHESASE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Seed 5106.0 5957.0 -1.48 Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYLASE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Seed not available not available not available 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
Antidermatitic 7 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Antidermatotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidiabetic 15 Duke, 1992 *
Antidiabetic? 2 Martindale's 29th
Antidiscotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidiuretic 1 LAWSON in Koch, H. P. and Lawson, L. D., eds. 1996. Garlic- The
Science and therapeutic application of Allium sativum L. and related species. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore. 329 pp.
Antidote (Acetaminophen) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Aluminum) 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antidote (Cadmium) 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Hydrazine) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Hypoglycin-A) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Iodine) 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antidote (Lead) 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Paracetamol) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Paraquat) 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidysgeuzic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidyskinetic 5 Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antidyspeptic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidysphagic 1 Duke, 1992 *