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
Chelator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	5	Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue	5	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic	12	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Cholinergic	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.
Cicatrizant	1	Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Circulotonic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Clastogenic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active	2	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant	3	Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
CNS-Stimulant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Co-carcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cold-preventive	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Coleoptophile	1	Merck 11th Edition
Collagen-Sparing	2	Duke, 1992 *
Collagenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Colorant	4	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedogenic	1	Martindale's 29th
Comedolytic	2	Martindale's 29th
COMP-Inhibitor	1	Dullo, A. G., et al. 1999. Efficacy of a green tea extract rich in catechin polyphenols and caffeine in increasing 24-h energy expenditure and fat oxidation in humans. Am. J. Clinical Nutrition, 70: 1040-1045.