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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Stem | not available | 3300.0 | -0.07 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Plant | 61000.0 | 235000.0 | 2.06 | Jim Duke's personal files.* |
| ASH | 0 | Seed | 9000.0 | 132000.0 | 2.53 | Jim Duke's personal files.* |
| ASH | 0 | Stem | not available | 81000.0 | 0.62 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BARWIN | 0 | Seed | not available | 6.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Plant | 149.0 | 660.0 | 2.85 | Jim Duke's personal files.* |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Seed | 0.0 | 1.0 | -0.37 | Jim Duke's personal files.* |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Stem | not available | 312.0 | 1.40 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| BETA-GLUCAN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Embryo | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Sprout Seedling | not available | 980.0 | 1.32 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| BETAINE | 14 | Root | not available | 234.0 | -0.35 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETAINE | 14 | Shoot | not available | 1.8 | -0.58 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BIOTIN | 4 | Seed | 0.1 | 0.9 | -0.53 | Jim Duke's personal files.* |
| BORON | 4 | Seed | 2.0 | 6.0 | -0.86 | Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages. Includes Internat. Z. Vit. Ern. Forschung 43:1973 (boron). |
| CAFFEIC-ACID | 102 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAFFEIC-ACID | 102 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Plant | 800.0 | 10400.0 | -0.34 | Jim Duke's personal files.* |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Seed | 160.0 | 4100.0 | -0.01 | Jim Duke's personal files.* |
| 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 * |