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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
FERULIC-ACID 61 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
FERULOYLQUINIC-ACID 0 Leaf *
FERULOYLSHIKIMIC ACID 0 Leaf *
FIBER 15 Plant 128000.0 446000.0 1.65 Jim Duke's personal files.*
FIBER 15 Seed 5000.0 151000.0 0.13 Jim Duke's personal files.*
FIBER 15 Stem 134000.0 -0.63 *
FOLACIN 15 Seed 0.0 1.5 -0.46 *
FOLIC-ACID 23 Seed 0.0 1.5 -0.35 Jim Duke's personal files.*
FRUCTOSE 8 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GIBBERELLIN 1 Seed *
GIBBERELLIN-A-1 0 Sprout Seedling *
GIBBERELLIN-A-3 0 Sprout Seedling *
GIBBERELLINS 0 Sprout Seedling *
GLAUCENTRINE 0 Root *
GLUCODIFRUCTOSE 0 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GLUCOSE 7 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Seed 32000.0 38000.0 -0.16 Jim Duke's personal files.*
GLUTEN 2 Seed Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
GLYCINE-BETAINE 0 Leaf *
GRAMINE 5 Leaf *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antihepatoadenomic 1 *
Antihepatotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihepatotoxic 10 Merck 11th Edition
Antiherpetic 7 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiherpetic? 1 *
Antihistaminic 9 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiHIV 6 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihomocysteine 1 *
Antihomocystinuric 3 *
Antihyperactivity 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperammonemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihypercholesterolemic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperglycemic 1 Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Antihyperkeratotic 1 *
Antihyperkinetic 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihyperlipidemic 1 Choi, J.S., Yokozawa,* T., and Oura, H. Antihyperlipidemic Effect Of Flavonoids From Prunus davidiana. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 218-224, 1991.
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertensive 6 *
Antihyperthyroid 2 *
Antihyperventilation 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.