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
(+)-CATECHIN	30	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-CORYDINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-GLAUCINE	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(R)-EPI-HETERODENDRIN	0	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,4-BENZOQUINONE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,4-BENZOQUINONE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,4-BENZOQUINONE	0	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-(3-AMINO-PROPYL)-PYROLLINIUM	0	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2'-DEOXYMUGINEIC ACID	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-CARBOXYARABINITOL	0	Leaf	not available	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	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
28-ISOFUCOSTEROL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-HYDROXY-MUGENIC-ACID	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5,7-DIHYDROXY-3',4',5'-TRIMETHOXY-FLAVONE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-HYDROXY-TRANS-FERULIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ABSCISIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACONITIC-ACID	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACONOTIC-ACID	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AESCULETIN	32	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.
AESCULETIN	32	Protoplast	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
Urinary-Acidulant	1	Martindale's 29th
Urine-Acidifier	1	Martindale's 28th
Urine-Deodorant	1	Martindale's 29th
Uterorelaxant	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Uterosedative	2	Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
UV-Screen	2	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Vasoconstrictor	3	Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
Vasodilator	6	Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Vasoprotective	2	Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	4	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	8	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).