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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
PLASTOQUINONE 9 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PLASTOQUINONE 9 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PLASTOQUINONE 9 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
POLYSACCHARIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Plant 19880.0 44000.0 1.55 Jim Duke's personal files.*
POTASSIUM 14 Seed 1600.0 9900.0 -0.23 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Sprout Seedling not available 6130.0 -1.62 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.
POTASSIUM 14 Stem not available 25000.0 1.03 Duke, 1992 *
PROCYANIDIN-B-3 2 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PRODELPHINIDIN-B-3 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PRODELPHINIDIN-B-3-DIMER 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE 0 Root 57.0 219.0 -1.16 Duke, 1992 *
PROPELARGONIDIN-DIMER 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Plant 25000.0 344000.0 1.40 Jim Duke's personal files.*
PROTEIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 82000.0 212000.0 -0.19 Jim Duke's personal files.*
PROTEIN 0 Stem not available 89000.0 -0.71 Duke, 1992 *
PROTOCHLOROPHYLL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PUTRESCINE 0 Sprout Seedling 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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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 Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive 11 Duke, 1992 *
Hypothermic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hypouricemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ileorelaxant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator 8 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 14 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124.
Immunosuppressant 3 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Insulinotonic 1 J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Interferon-Synergist 1 Duke, 1992 *
Interferonogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).