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Common Names
Barley; Barleygrass
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALCIUM | 28 | Sprout Seedling | not available | 720.0 | -0.58 | Chen, H.C. and Lin, S.M. 1988. Determination of Mineral Elements in Certain Crude Drugs (Part 1), Kaohsiung J. Med. Sci., 4: 259-272. |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Stem | not available | 11000.0 | -0.84 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| CALMODULIN | 1 | Cotyledon | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALMODULIN | 1 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPESTEROL | 2 | Sprout Seedling | not available | 330.0 | 1.00 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| CANDICINE | 4 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Plant | 265000.0 | 785000.0 | 0.73 | Jim Duke's personal files.* |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Seed | 608000.0 | 868000.0 | 1.37 | Jim Duke's personal files.* |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Stem | not available | 801000.0 | 0.72 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CATECHIN | 43 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| CELLULOSE | 1 | Plant | 190000.0 | 322000.0 | 0.14 | Jim Duke's personal files.* |
| CHLOROGENIC-ACID | 77 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHLOROGENIC-ACID | 77 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| CHOLINE | 20 | Seed | 928.0 | 1617.0 | -0.05 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Stem | not available | 31.0 | 3.46 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHRYSOERIOL-7-GALACTOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHRYSOERIOL-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRININ | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COBALT | 2 | Stem | not available | 49.0 | 1.45 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COPPER | 12 | Seed | 1.0 | 20.0 | 0.47 | Jim Duke's personal files.* |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antispasmophilic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| AntiSpina-Bifida | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antistaphylococcic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisteatotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistomatitic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
| Antistress | 4 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antistroke | 3 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Antisunburn | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisyndrome-X | 6 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Antithiamin | 1 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69. |
| Antithrombic | 1 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| Antithyreotropic | 1 | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |
| Antithyroid | 2 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Antitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antitinnitic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| AntiTMJ | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antitoxoplasmotic | 1 | Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh. |
| Antitriglyceride | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antitumor | 16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Bladder) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |