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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
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Seed *
(+)-CORYDINE 0 Root *
(+)-GLAUCINE 1 Root *
(R)-EPI-HETERODENDRIN 0 Sprout Seedling *
1,4-BENZOQUINONE 0 Leaf *
1,4-BENZOQUINONE 0 Root *
1,4-BENZOQUINONE 0 Tissue Culture *
1-(3-AMINO-PROPYL)-PYROLLINIUM 0 Sprout Seedling *
2'-DEOXYMUGINEIC ACID 0 Root *
2-CARBOXYARABINITOL 0 Leaf 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 *
28-ISOFUCOSTEROL 0 Seed *
3-HYDROXY-MUGENIC-ACID 0 Root *
5,7-DIHYDROXY-3',4',5'-TRIMETHOXY-FLAVONE 0 Shoot *
5-HYDROXY-TRANS-FERULIC-ACID 0 Plant *
ABSCISIC-ACID 0 Seed *
ACONITIC-ACID 1 Root *
ACONOTIC-ACID 0 Root *
AESCULETIN 32 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
AESCULETIN 32 Protoplast *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hypertensive 8 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypnotic 3 Schultes, R.E. De Plantis Toxicariis e Mundo Novo Tropicale Commentationes XXXVI. Justicia (Acanthaceae) as a Source of an Hallucinogenic Snuff. Economic Botany 44(1): 61-70, 1990.
Hypocalcemic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hypocholesterolemic 19 Choi, J.S., Yokozawa,* T., and Oura, H. Antihyperlipidemic Effect Of Flavonoids From Prunus davidiana. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 218-224, 1991.
Hypoglycemic 12 Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipidemic 4 *
Hypotensive 11 *
Hypothermic 1 *
Hypouricemic 1 *
Ileorelaxant 1 *
Immunomodulator 8 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 14 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124.
Immunosuppressant 3 *
Insecticide 1 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Insectifuge 10 Tunon, H., Thorsell, W., and Bohlin, L. 1993. Mosquito Repelling Activity of Compounds Occurring in Achillea millefolium L. (Asteraceae). Economic Botany 48(2): 111-120, 1994.
Insulinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Insulinogenic 3 *
Insulinotonic 1 J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Interferon-Synergist 1 *
Interferonogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).