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Common Names
Barley; Barleygrass
How this plant is used
Food
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AESCULIN | 33 | Protoplast | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALKYL RESORCINOL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-ALLOCRYPTOPINE | 3 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-KETO-GLUTARIC-ACID | 0 | 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. |
| ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL | 32 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL | 32 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL | 32 | Seed | 3.0 | 11.0 | -0.70 | Jim Duke's personal files.* |
| ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL | 32 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL | 32 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TOCOQUINONE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TOCOQUINONE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TOCOQUINONE | 0 | Sprout Seedling | 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. |
| ALPHA-TOCOQUINONE | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALUMINUM | 5 | Seed | not available | 7.0 | -0.35 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| ALUMINUM | 5 | Stem | not available | 212.0 | -0.79 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AMMONIA | 0 | Seed | not available | 8130.0 | 0.54 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AMMONIA(NH3) | 0 | Seed | not available | 8130.0 | 1.36 | Duke, 1992 * |
| APIGENIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARSENIC | 2 | Sprout Seedling | not available | 0.0 | not available | 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. |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Seed | not available | 0.0 | -0.34 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Irritant | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Juvabional | 2 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Keratolytic | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Larvistat | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Laxative | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Leptingenic | 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 |
| Leukotriene-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lipotropic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor | 9 | Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690. |
| Lithogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Litholytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lubricant | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Lyase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lymphocytogenic | 1 | Gawron, A., Gorski*, G., Glowniak**, K. 1989. Increased proliferation of phytohaemagglutinin (PHA)-stimulated human leucocytes after 8-methoxypsoralen treatment. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 194-195, 1990. |
| Lymphokinetic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAO-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Memorigenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Memory-Enhancer | 1 | Science News, 138: 189, 1990. |
| Metal-Chelator | 3 | McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25. |
| Metastatic | 1 | Science News, 146: 421. |