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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRAMINE | 5 | Protoplast | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GRAMINE | 5 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GRAMINE | 5 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GRAMINE | 5 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HERNIARIN | 12 | Plant | 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. |
| HETERODENDRIN | 3 | Plant | 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. |
| HEXACOSAN-1-AL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEXACOSAN-1-OL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HORDATINE-A | 3 | 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. |
| HORDATINE-B | 3 | 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. |
| HORDEIN-B | 0 | Caryopsis | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HORDENINE | 8 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HORDENINE | 8 | Sprout Seedling | not available | 63.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HORDEUM-PROTEIN | 0 | Seed | 3.0 | 80.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HORDEUMIN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HORSATINE | 0 | Plant | 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. |
| HYDROXAMIC-ACID | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HYDROXAMIC-ACID | 0 | Protoplast | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| INDOLE-3-CARBOXALDEHYDE | 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. |
| INDOLE-3-CARBOXYLIC-ACID | 0 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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. |