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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IRON | 6 | Seed | 40.0 | 100.0 | -0.24 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| IRON | 6 | Sprout Seedling | not available | 100.0 | -0.45 | 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. |
| IRON | 6 | Stem | not available | 160.0 | -0.54 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOORIENTIN | 4 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOORIENTIN-3'-METHYL-ETHER | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOORIENTIN-7-ARABINOSYL-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOORIENTIN-7-FERULYL-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOORIENTIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOORIENTIN-7-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOVITEXIN | 4 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOVITEXIN-7-DIGLUCOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOVITEXIN-7-O-BETA-D-DIGLUCOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOVITEXIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| JASMONIC-ACID | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LEUCOCYANIDIN | 1 | 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. |
| LIGNIN | 13 | Plant | 15000.0 | 77000.0 | -1.04 | Jim Duke's personal files.* |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Seed | 2185.0 | 24035.0 | -0.71 | Jim Duke's personal files.* |
| LINOLENIC-ACID | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLENIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | 22.0 | 242.0 | -0.58 | Jim Duke's personal files.* |
| 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. |