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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PYRIDOXINE | 43 | Seed | 0.0 | 11.0 | 1.20 | Jim Duke's personal files.* |
| PYRROLIDINE | 1 | Seed | not available | 0.9 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RAFFINOSE | 1 | Seed | 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. |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Seed | 1.0 | 9.0 | 2.10 | Jim Duke's personal files.* |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Stem | 27.0 | 28.0 | 1.39 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SALICYLATES | 7 | Seed | not available | 0.0 | -0.34 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SALICYLIC-ACID | 34 | Shoot | not available | 1.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SAPONARIN | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| SAPONARIN | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SATIOMEM | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SCOPOLETIN | 44 | 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. |
| SCOPOLETIN | 44 | Protoplast | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SELENIUM | 60 | Stem | not available | 24.0 | 2.71 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SERINE | 1 | Seed | not available | 5000.0 | -1.07 | Jim Duke's personal files.* |
| SILICON | 4 | Stem | not available | 34.0 | -0.86 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SILICON-DIOXIDE | 0 | Seed | 5000.0 | 9000.0 | 1.00 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| SINAPIC-ACID | 9 | 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. |
| SODIUM | 1 | Sprout Seedling | not available | 256.0 | -1.07 | 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. |
| SODIUM | 1 | Stem | not available | 2240.0 | 2.21 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SPERMINE | 1 | Seed | 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 |