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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Hordeum vulgare (Poaceae)

Common Names
Barley; Barleygrass
How this plant is used
Food
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List of plant chemicals.
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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 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 160.0 -0.54 *
ISOORIENTIN 4 Leaf *
ISOORIENTIN-3'-METHYL-ETHER 0 Leaf *
ISOORIENTIN-7-ARABINOSYL-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf *
ISOORIENTIN-7-FERULYL-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf *
ISOORIENTIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf *
ISOORIENTIN-7-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf *
ISOVITEXIN 4 Leaf *
ISOVITEXIN-7-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf *
ISOVITEXIN-7-O-BETA-D-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf *
ISOVITEXIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf *
JASMONIC-ACID 0 Fruit *
LEUCOCYANIDIN 1 Leaf 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 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 2185.0 24035.0 -0.71 Jim Duke's personal files.*
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Leaf *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Seed 22.0 242.0 -0.58 Jim Duke's personal files.*
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antielastase 1 *
Antiemetic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiencephalitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic 5 Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 2 *
Antiendotoxic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antienterotic 1 *
Antienzymatic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiepileptic 6 *
Antierythemic 2 *
Antiescherichic 3 *
Antiesherichic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiestrogenic 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifatigue 9 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifeedant 6 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifertility 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic 1 *
Antifibrotic 3 *
Antiflu 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).