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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLASTOQUINONE 9 | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PLASTOQUINONE 9 | 0 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PLASTOQUINONE 9 | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| POLYSACCHARIDE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Plant | 19880.0 | 44000.0 | 1.55 | Jim Duke's personal files.* |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Seed | 1600.0 | 9900.0 | -0.23 | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Sprout Seedling | not available | 6130.0 | -1.62 | 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. |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Stem | not available | 25000.0 | 1.03 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROCYANIDIN-B-3 | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PRODELPHINIDIN-B-3 | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PRODELPHINIDIN-B-3-DIMER | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROLINE | 0 | Root | 57.0 | 219.0 | -1.16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROPELARGONIDIN-DIMER | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Plant | 25000.0 | 344000.0 | 1.40 | Jim Duke's personal files.* |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Seed | 82000.0 | 212000.0 | -0.19 | Jim Duke's personal files.* |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Stem | not available | 89000.0 | -0.71 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTOCHLOROPHYLL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PUTRESCINE | 0 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antitumor (brain) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Breast) | 4 | Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103. |
| Antitumor (Cervix) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (CNS) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Colon) | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Forestomach) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Gastric) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (GI) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Kidney) | 1 | Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh. |
| Antitumor (Liver) | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Lung) | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Prostate) | 4 | Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh. |
| Antitumor (Skin) | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Stomach) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor-Promoter | 5 | Cancer Research, 48: 5941. |
| Antitympanitic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antiulcer | 9 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiulcerogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiuricosuric | 1 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Antivaccinia | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |