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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DIHYDROERGOSTEROL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ERGOSTEROL | 5 | Seed | not available | 12.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ESTERASE | 0 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ETHYL-BETA-D-FRUCTOFURANOSIDE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Plant | 10000.0 | 30000.0 | -0.32 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 8000.0 | 39000.0 | -1.19 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FERULIC-ACID | 61 | Seed | 15.0 | 32.0 | -0.39 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Plant | 23300.0 | 421000.0 | 1.47 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Seed | 3000.0 | 62000.0 | -0.57 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FOLACIN | 15 | Seed | 0.0 | 0.9 | -0.70 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FRUCTOSE | 8 | Seed | not available | 600.0 | -0.81 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FRUCTOSYLRAFFINOSE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GADUSEN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-DIHYDROSITOSTEROLFERULIC-ACID-ESTER | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL | 14 | Oil | 39.0 | 527.0 | 0.59 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GENTISIC-ACID | 8 | Seed | 2.0 | 4.0 | -1.27 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GIBBERELLINS | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLIADIN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLOBULIN | 0 | Seed | 60000.0 | 100000.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUCODIFRUCTOSE | 0 | Seed | not available | 4100.0 | 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 * |