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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TYROSINE | 8 | Seed | 2000.0 | 6000.0 | -0.40 | Jim Duke's personal files.* |
| UBIQUINONE | 8 | 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. |
| UMBELLIFERONE | 22 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| UMBELLIFERONE | 22 | 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. |
| VALINE | 3 | Seed | 6000.0 | 9000.0 | -0.37 | Jim Duke's personal files.* |
| VANILLIC-ACID | 24 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VIOLAXANTHIN | 2 | 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. |
| VIT-K-1 | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VITAMIN-B-1 | 24 | Seed | not available | 4.5 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| VITAMIN-B-2 | 0 | Seed | not available | 1.3 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| VITAMIN-K-1 | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VITAMIN-K-1 | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VITAMIN-K-1 | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VITEXIN-7-O-BETA-D-DIGLUCOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VITEXIN-7-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WATER | 0 | Plant | not available | 883000.0 | 0.48 | Jim Duke's personal files.* |
| WATER | 0 | Seed | 6000.0 | 178000.0 | -0.19 | Jim Duke's personal files.* |
| WATER | 0 | Stem | not available | 860000.0 | 0.43 | Duke, 1992 * |
| WAX | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ZINC | 77 | Seed | 20.0 | 30.0 | -0.43 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Suppository | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Sweetener | 4 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| Sympathomimetic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Taenicide | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Teratogenic | 1 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| Testosteronigenic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Thermogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Thymoprotective | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Thyrotropic | 1 | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |
| Tineacide | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Toxic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tranquilizer | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Trichomonicide | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Tumor-Promoter | 1 | J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079. |
| Tumorigenic | 1 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Tyrosinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ubiquiot | 8 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Ulcerogenic | 3 | Martindale's 29th |
| Urate-Solvent | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Uricosuric | 4 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |