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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STARCH | 5 | Seed | not available | 620000.0 | 1.25 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Seed | 130.0 | 1430.0 | -0.53 | Jim Duke's personal files.* |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Embryo | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Sprout Seedling | not available | 1010.0 | 1.12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SULFUR | 14 | Seed | not available | 200.0 | -1.32 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| SYRINGIC-ACID | 6 | 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. |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Seed | 1.0 | 10.0 | 0.81 | Duke, 1992 * |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Stem | not available | 13.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TIN | 4 | Stem | not available | 12.0 | 0.71 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TOCOPHEROLS | 0 | Seed | 56.0 | 71.0 | -0.68 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| TRANS-FERULIC-ACID | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli. |
| TRICIN | 9 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRICIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRIGONELLINE | 15 | Seed | not available | 9.0 | -0.47 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRYPTAMINE | 4 | 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. |
| TRYPTOPHAN | 29 | Seed | 1000.0 | 3000.0 | -0.11 | Jim Duke's personal files.* |
| TRYPTOPHAN | 29 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TYRAMINE | 11 | Sprout Seedling | not available | 26.0 | 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 * |