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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLASTOQUINONE 9 | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PLASTOQUINONE 9 | 0 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PLASTOQUINONE 9 | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| POLYSACCHARIDE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Plant | 19880.0 | 44000.0 | 1.55 | Jim Duke's personal files.* |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Seed | 1600.0 | 9900.0 | -0.23 | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Sprout Seedling | not available | 6130.0 | -1.62 | 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. |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Stem | not available | 25000.0 | 1.03 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROCYANIDIN-B-3 | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PRODELPHINIDIN-B-3 | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PRODELPHINIDIN-B-3-DIMER | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROLINE | 0 | Root | 57.0 | 219.0 | -1.16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROPELARGONIDIN-DIMER | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Plant | 25000.0 | 344000.0 | 1.40 | Jim Duke's personal files.* |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Seed | 82000.0 | 212000.0 | -0.19 | Jim Duke's personal files.* |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Stem | not available | 89000.0 | -0.71 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTOCHLOROPHYLL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PUTRESCINE | 0 | 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. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| DNA-Protective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Dopaminergic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Emetic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Emmenagogue | 1 | Wealth of India. |
| Emollient | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Encephalopathic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Energizer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Epidermal-Stimulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Epileptigenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ergogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Erythrocytogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Essential | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Estrogenic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ethanolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Expectorant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Febrifuge | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Fibrinolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fistula-Preventive | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Flatugenic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| FLavor | 5 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |