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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
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.*
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antispasmophilic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
AntiSpina-Bifida 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistaphylococcic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antisteatotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antistomatitic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antistress 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistroke 3 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antisunburn 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antisyndrome-X 6 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antithiamin 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic 1 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Antithyreotropic 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Antithyroid 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitinnitic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
AntiTMJ 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitoxoplasmotic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antitriglyceride 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitumor 16 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Bladder) 1 Duke, 1992 *