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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STARCH | 5 | Seed | not available | 620000.0 | 1.25 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Seed | 130.0 | 1430.0 | -0.53 | Jim Duke's personal files.* |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Embryo | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Sprout Seedling | not available | 1010.0 | 1.12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SULFUR | 14 | Seed | not available | 200.0 | -1.32 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| SYRINGIC-ACID | 6 | 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. |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Seed | 1.0 | 10.0 | 0.81 | Duke, 1992 * |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Stem | not available | 13.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TIN | 4 | Stem | not available | 12.0 | 0.71 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TOCOPHEROLS | 0 | Seed | 56.0 | 71.0 | -0.68 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| TRANS-FERULIC-ACID | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli. |
| TRICIN | 9 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRICIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRIGONELLINE | 15 | Seed | not available | 9.0 | -0.47 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRYPTAMINE | 4 | 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. |
| TRYPTOPHAN | 29 | Seed | 1000.0 | 3000.0 | -0.11 | Jim Duke's personal files.* |
| TRYPTOPHAN | 29 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TYRAMINE | 11 | Sprout Seedling | not available | 26.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 |