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
P-OXYCINNAMIC-ACID	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.
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed	370.0	4070.0	-0.62	Jim Duke's personal files.*
PALMITOLEIC-ACID	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID	11	Seed	2.0	12.0	-0.50	Jim Duke's personal files.*
PENTOSANS	0	Plant	83000.0	239000.0	1.34	Jim Duke's personal files.*
PHOSPHORUS	4	Plant	2300.0	6900.0	1.59	Jim Duke's personal files.*
PHOSPHORUS	4	Seed	1890.0	9200.0	1.02	Jim Duke's personal files.*
PHOSPHORUS	4	Stem	not available	5950.0	2.57	Duke, 1992 *
PHYLLOQUINONE	5	Seed	not available	0.1	-0.45	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTATE	0	Seed	1640.0	10000.0	-0.31	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTIC-ACID	9	Seed	5600.0	11500.0	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTIN	0	Seed	not available	12000.0	-0.59	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PHYTOSTEROLS	2	Sprout Seedling	not available	2340.0	1.48	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
PIPERIDINE	10	Seed	not available	1.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PLASTOHYDROQUINONE-9	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PLASTOHYDROQUINONE-9	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PLASTOHYDROQUINONE-9	0	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PLASTOQUINONE	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.
PLASTOQUINONE 9	0	Leaf	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.