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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Osteogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Ovicide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Oviposition-Stimulant | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Ovulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Oxytocic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Parasiticide | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Parasympathomimetic | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Percutaneostimulant | 1 | Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990. |
| Perfumery | 6 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Pesticide | 41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Phagocytotic | 5 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124. |
| Photoactive | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Phytoalexin | 2 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Phytohormonal | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Piscicide | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Poultice | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Preservative | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Progesteronigenic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Prolactinogenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |