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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| 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 * |