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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STARCH | 5 | Seed | not available | 620000.0 | 1.25 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Seed | 130.0 | 1430.0 | -0.53 | Jim Duke's personal files.* |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Embryo | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Sprout Seedling | not available | 1010.0 | 1.12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SULFUR | 14 | Seed | not available | 200.0 | -1.32 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| SYRINGIC-ACID | 6 | 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. |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Seed | 1.0 | 10.0 | 0.81 | Duke, 1992 * |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Stem | not available | 13.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TIN | 4 | Stem | not available | 12.0 | 0.71 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TOCOPHEROLS | 0 | Seed | 56.0 | 71.0 | -0.68 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| TRANS-FERULIC-ACID | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli. |
| TRICIN | 9 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRICIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRIGONELLINE | 15 | Seed | not available | 9.0 | -0.47 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRYPTAMINE | 4 | Sprout Seedling | 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. |
| TRYPTOPHAN | 29 | Seed | 1000.0 | 3000.0 | -0.11 | Jim Duke's personal files.* |
| TRYPTOPHAN | 29 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TYRAMINE | 11 | Sprout Seedling | not available | 26.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Prooxidant | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Propecic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandigenic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandin-Sparer | 1 | Fujita, T., Nakatani, E., Funaishi, N., Sakuma, S., Fujimoto, Y. Potent inhibition of prostaglandin inactivation in rabbit gastric antral mucosal slices by selenium ions in-vitro. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 655-657, 1990. |
| Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Quinone-Reductase-Inducer | 1 | Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103. |
| Respirodepressant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Retinoprotectant Optometry | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Rodenticide | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Scabicide | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Schizophrenigenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Secretogogue | 1 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Sedative | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Serotoninergic | 3 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Soap | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Spermicide | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Spermigenic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Spinoconvulsant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Sunscreen | 8 | Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993. |