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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Hordeum vulgare (Poaceae)

Common Names
Barley; Barleygrass
How this plant is used
Food
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Stem 3300.0 -0.07 *
ASH 0 Plant 61000.0 235000.0 2.06 Jim Duke's personal files.*
ASH 0 Seed 9000.0 132000.0 2.53 Jim Duke's personal files.*
ASH 0 Stem 81000.0 0.62 *
BARWIN 0 Seed 6.0 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Plant 149.0 660.0 2.85 Jim Duke's personal files.*
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Seed 0.0 1.0 -0.37 Jim Duke's personal files.*
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Stem 312.0 1.40 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
BETA-GLUCAN 0 Seed *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Embryo *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Sprout Seedling 980.0 1.32 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
BETAINE 14 Root 234.0 -0.35 *
BETAINE 14 Shoot 1.8 -0.58 *
BIOTIN 4 Seed 0.1 0.9 -0.53 Jim Duke's personal files.*
BORON 4 Seed 2.0 6.0 -0.86 Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages. Includes Internat. Z. Vit. Ern. Forschung 43:1973 (boron).
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Fruit *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Seed *
CALCIUM 28 Plant 800.0 10400.0 -0.34 Jim Duke's personal files.*
CALCIUM 28 Seed 160.0 4100.0 -0.01 Jim Duke's personal files.*
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Chelator 1 *
Chemopreventive 5 *
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 *
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 *
Co-carcinogenic 1 *
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Coleoptophile 1 Merck 11th Edition
Collagen-Sparing 2 *
Collagenic 2 *
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.