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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antiheartburn | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihemolytic | 2 | Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994. |
| Antihemorrhagic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihepatitic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihepatoadenomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihepatotic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antihepatotoxic | 10 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiherpetic | 11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiherpetic? | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihiccup | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihistaminic | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiHIV | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihomocysteine | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihomocystinuric | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihydrophobic | 1 | Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart. |
| Antihyperactivity | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antihyperammonemic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihypercholesterolemic | 3 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antihyperglycemic | 1 | Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp. |
| Antihyperkeratotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |