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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
COPPER 12 Sprout Seedling not available 8.0 -1.00 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.
COUMARIN 57 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.
CYANIDIN-3-ARABINOSIDE 0 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.
CYANIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE 0 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.
CYCLIC-AMP 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYCLIC-AMP 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYSTATHIONE 0 Sprout Seedling not available 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
CYSTATHIONINE 0 Sprout Seedling not available 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE 2 Seed 1000.0 2000.0 -0.80 Jim Duke's personal files.*
DIAMINO-PROPANE 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DICENTRINE 4 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIETHYL-AMINE 2 Seed not available 5.7 not available Duke, 1992 *
DIMETHYL-AMINE 2 Seed not available 1.6 -1.03 Duke, 1992 *
EPIHETERODENDRIN 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ESCULETIN 30 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ESCULIN 29 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-AMINE 0 Seed not available 3.4 1.08 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Plant 19000.0 64000.0 0.18 Jim Duke's personal files.*
FAT 0 Seed 5000.0 55000.0 -1.11 Jim Duke's personal files.*
FAT 0 Stem not available 29000.0 0.00 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
Antidiscotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidiuretic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidote (Acetaminophen) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Aluminum) 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antidote (Cadmium) 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Hydrazine) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Iodine) 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antidote (Lead) 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Mercury) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Paracetamol) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Paraquat) 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidysenteric 2 HerbalGram No. 24, page 37.
Antidysgeuzic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidyskinetic 4 Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antidyspeptic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidysphagic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiEBV 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antieczemic 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic 8 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).