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Plant Hordeum vulgare (Poaceae)

Common Names
Barley; Barleygrass
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
N-METHYL-TYRAMINE 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-METHYL-TYRAMINE 1 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-METHYL-TYRAMINE 1 Sprout Seedling not available 48.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
NEOXANTHIN 2 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.
NH3 0 Seed not available 8130.0 0.61 Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Seed 17.0 115.0 2.16 Jim Duke's personal files.*
NIACIN 39 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
O-HYDROXYCINNAMIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
OCHROTOXIN-A 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 1325.0 14575.0 -0.86 Jim Duke's personal files.*
ORIENTIN 4 Leaf not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ORIENTIN-7-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ORYZANOL 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.
OXALACETIC-ACID 0 Seed 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.
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMAROYL-AGMATINE 0 Shoot not available 2.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 13 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
P-OXYBENZOIC-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.
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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
Prooxidant 4 Duke, 1992 *
Propecic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandigenic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Sparer 1 Fujita, T., Nakatani, E., Funaishi, N., Sakuma, S., Fujimoto, Y. Potent inhibition of prostaglandin inactivation in rabbit gastric antral mucosal slices by selenium ions in-vitro. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 655-657, 1990.
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 1 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Respirodepressant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Retinoprotectant Optometry 1 Duke, 1992 *
Rodenticide 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Scabicide 1 Martindale's 29th
Schizophrenigenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Secretogogue 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.
Sedative 6 Duke, 1992 *
Serotoninergic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Soap 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spermicide 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Spermigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Spinoconvulsant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Sunscreen 8 Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993.