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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hypertensive | 8 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Hypnotic | 3 | Schultes, R.E. De Plantis Toxicariis e Mundo Novo Tropicale Commentationes XXXVI. Justicia (Acanthaceae) as a Source of an Hallucinogenic Snuff. Economic Botany 44(1): 61-70, 1990. |
| Hypocalcemic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Hypocholesterolemic | 19 | Choi, J.S., Yokozawa,* T., and Oura, H. Antihyperlipidemic Effect Of Flavonoids From Prunus davidiana. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 218-224, 1991. |
| Hypoglycemic | 12 | Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989. |
| Hypolipidemic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypotensive | 11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypothermic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypouricemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ileorelaxant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunomodulator | 8 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Immunostimulant | 14 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124. |
| Immunosuppressant | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insecticide | 1 | Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp. |
| Insectifuge | 10 | Tunon, H., Thorsell, W., and Bohlin, L. 1993. Mosquito Repelling Activity of Compounds Occurring in Achillea millefolium L. (Asteraceae). Economic Botany 48(2): 111-120, 1994. |
| Insulinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157. |
| Insulinogenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insulinotonic | 1 | J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079. |
| Interferon-Synergist | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Interferonogenic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |