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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P-OXYCINNAMIC-ACID | 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. |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Seed | 370.0 | 4070.0 | -0.62 | Jim Duke's personal files.* |
| PALMITOLEIC-ACID | 2 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PANTOTHENIC-ACID | 11 | Seed | 2.0 | 12.0 | -0.50 | Jim Duke's personal files.* |
| PENTOSANS | 0 | Plant | 83000.0 | 239000.0 | 1.34 | Jim Duke's personal files.* |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Plant | 2300.0 | 6900.0 | 1.59 | Jim Duke's personal files.* |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Seed | 1890.0 | 9200.0 | 1.02 | Jim Duke's personal files.* |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Stem | not available | 5950.0 | 2.57 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYLLOQUINONE | 5 | Seed | not available | 0.1 | -0.45 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYTATE | 0 | Seed | 1640.0 | 10000.0 | -0.31 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYTIC-ACID | 9 | Seed | 5600.0 | 11500.0 | -0.47 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYTIN | 0 | Seed | not available | 12000.0 | -0.59 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| PHYTOSTEROLS | 2 | Sprout Seedling | not available | 2340.0 | 1.48 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| PIPERIDINE | 10 | Seed | not available | 1.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PLASTOHYDROQUINONE-9 | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PLASTOHYDROQUINONE-9 | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PLASTOHYDROQUINONE-9 | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PLASTOQUINONE | 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. |
| PLASTOQUINONE 9 | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Bronchorelaxant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Bruchiphobe | 2 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Calcium-Antagonist | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Calcium-Channel-Blocker | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cancer-Preventive | 40 | Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp. |
| Candidicide | 5 | Martindale's 28th |
| Capillariprotective | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Carcinogenic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cardiac | 1 | Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990. |
| Cardioactive | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cardiodepressant | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cardiomyopathogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Cardioprotective | 12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cardiotonic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cardiotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cardiovascular | 1 | Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006. |
| Caspase-8-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Catabolic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cerebrotonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |