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Plant Hordeum vulgare (Poaceae)

Common Names
Barley; Barleygrass
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
GRAMINE 5 Protoplast not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GRAMINE 5 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GRAMINE 5 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GRAMINE 5 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HERNIARIN 12 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.
HETERODENDRIN 3 Plant 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.
HEXACOSAN-1-AL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXACOSAN-1-OL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HORDATINE-A 3 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.
HORDATINE-B 3 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.
HORDEIN-B 0 Caryopsis not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HORDENINE 8 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HORDENINE 8 Sprout Seedling not available 63.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HORDEUM-PROTEIN 0 Seed 3.0 80.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HORDEUMIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HORSATINE 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.
HYDROXAMIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HYDROXAMIC-ACID 0 Protoplast not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
INDOLE-3-CARBOXALDEHYDE 0 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.
INDOLE-3-CARBOXYLIC-ACID 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antineuralgic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuramidase 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineurasthenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuritic 3 Martindale's 28th
Antineuropathic 7 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antineurotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiNF-kB 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosaminic 5 Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18.
Antinitrosic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antinociceptive 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antinyctalopic 2 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiobesity 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antioncychomycotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antionychyotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiophidic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiorchitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteoarthritic 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic 9 Duke, 1992 *
Antiosteotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiototic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.