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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Contraceptive | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| Copper-Antagonist | 1 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Cosmetic | 5 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| COX-1-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COX-2-Inhibitor | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Curare | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Cyanogenic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cytoprotective | 1 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Cytotoxic | 6 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Deodorant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Depressant | 2 | Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp. |
| Dermatitigenic | 6 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Detoxicant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Detoxicant (Alcohol) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Diaphoretic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Diaphoretic? | 1 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90. |
| Diuretic | 11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| DME-Inhibitor | 1 | Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 134. |
| DNA-Active | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |