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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PYRIDOXINE | 43 | Seed | 2.6 | 13.0 | 1.67 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PYROGALLOL-OXIDASE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN | 176 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RAFFINOSE | 1 | Seed | not available | 3300.0 | -0.68 | Duke, 1992 * |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Plant | 11.0 | 40.0 | 1.99 | Duke, 1992 * |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Seed | 0.7 | 8.0 | 1.72 | Duke, 1992 * |
| RIBONUCLEASE | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RIBULOSE-DIPHOSPHATE-CARBOXYLASE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SALICYLIC-ACID | 34 | Seed | 3.0 | 4.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SCHAFTOSIDE | 1 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SERINE | 1 | Seed | 1000.0 | 7567.0 | -0.58 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SINAPIC-ACID | 9 | Seed | 14.0 | 15.0 | -0.58 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SINAPOYL-8-D-GALACTOSYL-6-C-ARABINOSYL-APIGENIN | 0 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SINAPOYL-ISOSCHAFTOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SINAPOYL-VICENIN-1 | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Plant | 200.0 | 3000.0 | -0.14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Seed | 0.0 | 2200.0 | 2.78 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SP | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STACHYOSE | 1 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STARCH | 5 | Seed | 542000.0 | 800000.0 | 1.98 | 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 * |