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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COPPER | 12 | Sprout Seedling | not available | 8.0 | -1.00 | 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. |
| COUMARIN | 57 | 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. |
| CYANIDIN-3-ARABINOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | 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. |
| CYANIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | 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. |
| CYCLIC-AMP | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CYCLIC-AMP | 0 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CYSTATHIONE | 0 | Sprout Seedling | not available | 0.1 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CYSTATHIONINE | 0 | Sprout Seedling | not available | 0.1 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CYSTINE | 2 | Seed | 1000.0 | 2000.0 | -0.80 | Jim Duke's personal files.* |
| DIAMINO-PROPANE | 0 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DICENTRINE | 4 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIETHYL-AMINE | 2 | Seed | not available | 5.7 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIMETHYL-AMINE | 2 | Seed | not available | 1.6 | -1.03 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EPIHETERODENDRIN | 0 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ESCULETIN | 30 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ESCULIN | 29 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ETHYL-AMINE | 0 | Seed | not available | 3.4 | 1.08 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Plant | 19000.0 | 64000.0 | 0.18 | Jim Duke's personal files.* |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 5000.0 | 55000.0 | -1.11 | Jim Duke's personal files.* |
| FAT | 0 | Stem | not available | 29000.0 | 0.00 | 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 * |