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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Stem | not available | 3300.0 | -0.07 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Plant | 61000.0 | 235000.0 | 2.06 | Jim Duke's personal files.* |
| ASH | 0 | Seed | 9000.0 | 132000.0 | 2.53 | Jim Duke's personal files.* |
| ASH | 0 | Stem | not available | 81000.0 | 0.62 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BARWIN | 0 | Seed | not available | 6.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Plant | 149.0 | 660.0 | 2.85 | Jim Duke's personal files.* |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Seed | 0.0 | 1.0 | -0.37 | Jim Duke's personal files.* |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Stem | not available | 312.0 | 1.40 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| BETA-GLUCAN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Embryo | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Sprout Seedling | not available | 980.0 | 1.32 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| BETAINE | 14 | Root | not available | 234.0 | -0.35 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETAINE | 14 | Shoot | not available | 1.8 | -0.58 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BIOTIN | 4 | Seed | 0.1 | 0.9 | -0.53 | Jim Duke's personal files.* |
| BORON | 4 | Seed | 2.0 | 6.0 | -0.86 | Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages. Includes Internat. Z. Vit. Ern. Forschung 43:1973 (boron). |
| CAFFEIC-ACID | 102 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAFFEIC-ACID | 102 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Plant | 800.0 | 10400.0 | -0.34 | Jim Duke's personal files.* |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Seed | 160.0 | 4100.0 | -0.01 | Jim Duke's personal files.* |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Microvasculokinetic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Monoamine-Precursor | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Mucogenic | 3 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Mucolytic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Musculotropic | 3 | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| Mutagenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Myorelaxant | 4 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| Narcotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Nematicide | 2 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Neoplastic | 1 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| Nephrotoxic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Neuroprotective | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Neurotoxic | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Neurotransmitter | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NF-kB-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Nicotinic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| NO-Genic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor | 4 | Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19. |
| Osmoregulator | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |