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Plant Hordeum vulgare (Poaceae)

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
PYRIDOXINE 43 Seed 0.0 11.0 1.20 Jim Duke's personal files.*
PYRROLIDINE 1 Seed not available 0.9 not available Duke, 1992 *
RAFFINOSE 1 Seed 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.
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Seed 1.0 9.0 2.10 Jim Duke's personal files.*
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Stem 27.0 28.0 1.39 Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLATES 7 Seed not available 0.0 -0.34 Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLIC-ACID 34 Shoot not available 1.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SAPONARIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
SAPONARIN 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SATIOMEM 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLETIN 44 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.
SCOPOLETIN 44 Protoplast not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM 60 Stem not available 24.0 2.71 Duke, 1992 *
SERINE 1 Seed not available 5000.0 -1.07 Jim Duke's personal files.*
SILICON 4 Stem not available 34.0 -0.86 Duke, 1992 *
SILICON-DIOXIDE 0 Seed 5000.0 9000.0 1.00 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
SINAPIC-ACID 9 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.
SODIUM 1 Sprout Seedling not available 256.0 -1.07 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.
SODIUM 1 Stem not available 2240.0 2.21 Duke, 1992 *
SPERMINE 1 Seed 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.
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List of plant activities.
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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.