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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALCIUM | 28 | Sprout Seedling | not available | 720.0 | -0.58 | 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. |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Stem | not available | 11000.0 | -0.84 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| CALMODULIN | 1 | Cotyledon | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALMODULIN | 1 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPESTEROL | 2 | Sprout Seedling | not available | 330.0 | 1.00 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| CANDICINE | 4 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Plant | 265000.0 | 785000.0 | 0.73 | Jim Duke's personal files.* |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Seed | 608000.0 | 868000.0 | 1.37 | Jim Duke's personal files.* |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Stem | not available | 801000.0 | 0.72 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CATECHIN | 43 | Leaf | 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. |
| CELLULOSE | 1 | Plant | 190000.0 | 322000.0 | 0.14 | Jim Duke's personal files.* |
| CHLOROGENIC-ACID | 77 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHLOROGENIC-ACID | 77 | 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. |
| CHOLINE | 20 | Seed | 928.0 | 1617.0 | -0.05 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Stem | not available | 31.0 | 3.46 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHRYSOERIOL-7-GALACTOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHRYSOERIOL-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRININ | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COBALT | 2 | Stem | not available | 49.0 | 1.45 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COPPER | 12 | Seed | 1.0 | 20.0 | 0.47 | Jim Duke's personal files.* |
| 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. |