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
IRON	6	Seed	40.0	100.0	-0.24	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
IRON	6	Sprout Seedling	not available	100.0	-0.45	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.
IRON	6	Stem	not available	160.0	-0.54	Duke, 1992 *
ISOORIENTIN	4	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOORIENTIN-3'-METHYL-ETHER	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOORIENTIN-7-ARABINOSYL-GLUCOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOORIENTIN-7-FERULYL-GLUCOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOORIENTIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOORIENTIN-7-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOVITEXIN	4	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOVITEXIN-7-DIGLUCOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOVITEXIN-7-O-BETA-D-DIGLUCOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOVITEXIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
JASMONIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCOCYANIDIN	1	Leaf	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.
LIGNIN	13	Plant	15000.0	77000.0	-1.04	Jim Duke's personal files.*
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed	2185.0	24035.0	-0.71	Jim Duke's personal files.*
LINOLENIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID	0	Seed	22.0	242.0	-0.58	Jim Duke's personal files.*

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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).