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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
PHOSPHORUS 4 Plant 400.0 7200.0 1.74 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Seed 800.0 6800.0 0.38 Duke, 1992 *
PHYLLOQUINONE 5 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHYTASE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHYTIC-ACID 9 Seed not available 48500.0 2.35 Duke, 1992 *
PHYTIC-PHOSPHORUS 0 Seed 2370.0 3760.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTERYL-6-O-ACYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Plant 1200.0 43500.0 1.51 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Seed 940.0 7900.0 -0.41 Duke, 1992 *
PROLAMINE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE 0 Root not available 173.0 -1.19 Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE 0 Seed 17526.0 20447.0 1.79 Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE 0 Shoot not available 12.0 -0.71 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Plant 38000.0 94000.0 -0.65 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 80000.0 380000.0 1.30 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEINASE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID 43 Seed 3.0 6.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
PUROTHIONIN-A 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PUTRESCINE 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PYRIDINE-NUCLEOTIDE-OXIDASE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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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 *