Plant Hordeum vulgare (Poaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Barley; Barleygrass

How this plant is used

Food

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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
(+)-CATECHIN	30	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-CORYDINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-GLAUCINE	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(R)-EPI-HETERODENDRIN	0	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,4-BENZOQUINONE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,4-BENZOQUINONE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,4-BENZOQUINONE	0	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-(3-AMINO-PROPYL)-PYROLLINIUM	0	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2'-DEOXYMUGINEIC ACID	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-CARBOXYARABINITOL	0	Leaf	not available	814.0	1.67	Moore, B. D., Isidoro, E., Seemann, J. R. 1993. Distribution of 2-Carboxyarabinitol Among Plants. Phytochemistry 34 3: 703-707. Dept. Biochem. Univ. Nevada Reno 89557, USA.
28-ISOFUCOSTEROL	0	Embryo	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
28-ISOFUCOSTEROL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-HYDROXY-MUGENIC-ACID	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5,7-DIHYDROXY-3',4',5'-TRIMETHOXY-FLAVONE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-HYDROXY-TRANS-FERULIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ABSCISIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACONITIC-ACID	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACONOTIC-ACID	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AESCULETIN	32	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.
AESCULETIN	32	Protoplast	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
Antitumor (brain)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast)	4	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.
Antitumor (Cervix)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Forestomach)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (GI)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Kidney)	1	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antitumor (Liver)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	4	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antitumor (Skin)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	5	Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitympanitic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiulcer	9	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiulcerogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiuricosuric	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.
Antivaccinia	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.