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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antiallergic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antialopecic | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antialzheimeran | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiamblyopic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiamebic | 1 | Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987. |
| Antianaphylactic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiandrogenic | 5 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antianemic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianginal | 4 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiangiogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianorectic | 3 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antianorexic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antianxiety | 3 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiarabiflavinotic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiarrhythmic | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarteriosclerotic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarthritic | 16 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiasthmatic | 8 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiasthmatic? | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiatherogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |