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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
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Seed 0.0 0.2 -0.42 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-IONONE 13 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-TRITISTEROL 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETAINE 14 Root not available 82.0 -0.36 Duke, 1992 *
BETAINE 14 Shoot not available 1640.0 2.22 Duke, 1992 *
BIOTIN 4 Seed not available 216.0 0.44 Duke, 1992 *
BORON 4 Seed 1.0 16.0 -0.38 Duke, 1992 *
CADMIUM 3 Seed not available 0.3 -0.22 Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Seed 3.0 4.0 -0.77 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Plant 900.0 10400.0 -0.34 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Seed 100.0 4100.0 -0.01 Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAPRINIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed not available 610000.0 0.34 Duke, 1992 *
CAROTENE 0 Plant 97.0 953.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
CATALASE 1 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CEPHALIN 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHLORINE 7 Plant 670.0 3400.0 -0.70 Duke, 1992 *
CHLORINE 7 Seed 300.0 1800.0 2.96 Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Seed not available 5.0 -0.62 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
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 *