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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
GLUCOFRUCTANS 0 Seed not available 10300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE 7 Seed not available 900.0 -0.56 Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE-DEHYDROGENASE 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMATE-DEHYDROGENASE 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Seed 39000.0 63000.0 0.90 Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID-DECARBOXYLASE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-DEHYDROGENASE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUTATHIONE-REDUCTASE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUTENIN 0 Seed 300000.0 400000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCERIN 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCEROPHOSPHATASE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE 12 Seed 4830.0 5635.0 -0.77 Duke, 1992 *
GLYCOLATE-OXIDASE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GRAMINE 5 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GUANINE 1 Petiole not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GUANOSINE 0 Petiole not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEMICELLULOSE-B 0 Hay not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEPT-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEPTAN-1-OL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEPTANAL 0 Shoot 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 *