botanical record · discovered
Barley
Hordeum vulgare
Barley · Barleygrass · ō-mugi · Almindelig byg · Arpa · Barlys · Bere · Cebada · Cevada · Common Barley · Common barley · Domestic Barley · Domesticated Barley · Escourgeon · Four-rowed Barley · Gerst · Gerste · Haidd
At a glance
Origin / distribution: China, India, Uk(Wales), Iraq, Kurdistan, Italian, Turkey, Spain
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Antilactogogue, Bladder, Bronchitis, Cancer
Science studied: ALUMINUM, 1-(3-AMINO-PROPYL)-PYROLLINIUM, AMMONIA, APIGENIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Poaceae
Scientific name: Hordeum vulgare
Common names: Barley, Barleygrass, ō-mugi, Almindelig byg, Arpa, Barlys, Bere, Cebada, Cevada, Common Barley, Common barley, Domestic Barley, Domesticated Barley, Escourgeon, Four-rowed Barley, Gerst, Gerste, Haidd
History
The source record documents this plant in China, India, Uk(Wales), Iraq, Kurdistan, Italian, Turkey, Spain and 3 additional places.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Antilactogogue
- Bladder
- Bronchitis
- Cancer
- Catarrh
- Chest
- Chilblain
- Coffee
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- Debility
- Demulcent
- Diarrhea
- Digestive
- Dyspepsia
- Emollient
- Expectorant
- Febrifuge
- Fever
- Inflammation
- Intoxicant
- Measles
- Phthisis
- Poultice
- Preventitive(Fever)
- Sore
- Stomachic
- Tumor(Abdomen)
- Urogenital
- Diuretic
- Abortifacient
- Burn
- Cancer(Stomach)
- Cough
- Preventative(Gray-Hair)
- Puerperium
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- China
- India
- Uk(Wales)
- Iraq
- Kurdistan
- Italian
- Turkey
- Spain
- Elsewhere
- Nepal
- Egypt
Documented cultural uses
- Antilactogogue
- Bladder
- Bronchitis
- Cancer
- Catarrh
- Chest
- Chilblain
- Coffee
- Debility
- Demulcent
- Diarrhea
- Digestive
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- Dyspepsia
- Emollient
- Expectorant
- Febrifuge
- Fever
- Inflammation
- Intoxicant
- Measles
- Phthisis
- Poultice
- Preventitive(Fever)
- Sore
- Stomachic
- Tumor(Abdomen)
- Urogenital
- Diuretic
- Abortifacient
- Burn
- Cancer(Stomach)
- Cough
- Preventative(Gray-Hair)
- Puerperium
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ALUMINUM
- 1-(3-AMINO-PROPYL)-PYROLLINIUM
- AMMONIA
- APIGENIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- ASH
- BETAINE
- BIOTIN
- CAFFEIC-ACID
- CALCIUM
- CALMODULIN
- CARBOHYDRATES
- BETA-CAROTENE
- CELLULOSE
- CHLOROGENIC-ACID
- CHRYSOERIOL-7-GALACTOSIDE
- CHRYSOERIOL-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
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- COPPER
- P-COUMARIC-ACID
- COUMARIN
- CYANIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE
- DIAMINO-PROPANE
- DIETHYL-AMINE
- 5,7-DIHYDROXY-3',4',5'-TRIMETHOXY-FLAVONE
- DIMETHYL-AMINE
- ETHYL-AMINE
- FAT
- FERULIC-ACID
- FOLACIN
- GLAUCENTRINE
- (+)-GLAUCINE
- GLUCODIFRUCTOSE
- (R)-EPI-HETERODENDRIN
- HEXACOSAN-1-AL
- HORDENINE
- HORSATINE
- HYDROXAMIC-ACID
- 5-HYDROXY-TRANS-FERULIC-ACID
- 3-HYDROXY-MUGENIC-ACID
- IRON
- 28-ISOFUCOSTEROL
- ISOORIENTIN-7-FERULYL-GLUCOSIDE
- ISOORIENTIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- ISOORIENTIN-7-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE
- ISOVITEXIN
- ISOVITEXIN-7-O-BETA-D-DIGLUCOSIDE
- ISOVITEXIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- LIGNIN
- LINOLEIC-ACID
- LUTEOLIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- MAGNESIUM
- MALTOSE
- MANGANESE
- METHIONINE
- METHYL-AMINE
- MUGINEIC-ACID
- NEOXANTHIN
- NIACIN
- OCHROTOXIN-A
- P-OXYBENZOIC-ACID
- PALMITOLEIC-ACID
- PHOSPHORUS
- PHYTIN
- POTASSIUM
- PROCYANIDIN-B-3
- PRODELPHINIDIN-B-3
- PROPELARGONIDIN-DIMER
- PROTEIN
- PROTOCHLOROPHYLL
- PUTRESCINE
- RAFFINOSE
- RIBOFLAVIN
- SAPONARIN
- SINAPIC-ACID
- STEARIC-ACID
- SULFUR
- TIN
- TOCOPHEROLS
- ALPHA-TOCOQUINONE
- TRICIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- TYRAMINE
- VALINE
- VITEXIN-7-O-BETA-D-DIGLUCOSIDE
- VITEXIN-7-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE
- WATER
- WAX
- PENTOSANS
- ALPHA-ALLOCRYPTOPINE
- ARSENIC
- ISOORIENTIN
- ISOORIENTIN-3'-METHYL-ETHER
- ORIENTIN-7-O-GLUCOSIDE
- PANTOTHENIC-ACID
- TRICIN
- ACONITIC-ACID
- ASCORBIC-ACID
- 1,4-BENZOQUINONE
- BORON
- CANDICINE
- CHROMIUM
- CITRININ
- (+)-CORYDINE
- EPIHETERODENDRIN
- GLUCOSE
- HERNIARIN
- HEXACOSAN-1-OL
- P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID
- INDOLE-3-CARBOXYLIC-ACID
- ISOORIENTIN-7-ARABINOSYL-GLUCOSIDE
- ISOVITEXIN-7-DIGLUCOSIDE
- LEUCOCYANIDIN
- LUTEIN
- LUTONARINE-3'-METHYLETHER
- MANNITOL
- N-METHYL-TYRAMINE
- ORIENTIN
- P-OXYCINNAMIC-ACID
- PLASTOHYDROQUINONE-9
- PLASTOQUINONE
- PRODELPHINIDIN-B-3-DIMER
- PYRIDOXINE
- BETA-SITOSTEROL
- SYRINGIC-ACID
- ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL
- TRYPTOPHAN
- UMBELLIFERONE
- CYSTATHIONINE
- THIAMIN
- P-COUMAROYL-AGMATINE
- ALKYL RESORCINOL
- CYCLIC-AMP
- 2-CARBOXYARABINITOL
- BARWIN
- (+)-CATECHIN
- GIBBERELLIN-A-1
- GIBBERELLIN-A-3
- BETA-GLUCAN
- GRAMINE
- HORDEUM-PROTEIN
- LINOLENIC-ACID
- LUTONARIN
- MELATONIN
- 2'-DEOXYMUGINEIC ACID
- NH3
- OLEIC-ACID
- PALMITIC-ACID
- PHYTIC-ACID
- PLASTOQUINONE 9
- PYRROLIDINE
- SCOPOLETIN
- FERULOYLQUINIC-ACID
- SALICYLIC-ACID
- FERULOYLSHIKIMIC ACID
- STARCH
- TRIGONELLINE
- VITAMIN-B-1
- VITAMIN-B-2
- VITAMIN-K-1
- CHOLINE
- FIBER
- PROLINE
- TYROSINE
- ZINC
- COBALT
- MERCURY
- PIPERIDINE
- SODIUM
- CATECHIN
- DICENTRINE
- JASMONIC-ACID
- HORDEUMIN
- POLYSACCHARIDE
- SATIOMEM
- STIGMASTEROL
- VANILLIC-ACID
- ABSCISIC-ACID
- AESCULETIN
- AESCULIN
- GIBBERELLIN
- GLYCINE-BETAINE
- HORDEIN-B
- CYANIDIN-3-ARABINOSIDE
- CYSTINE
- FRUCTOSE
- GLUTAMIC-ACID
- LUTONARINE
- O-HYDROXYCINNAMIC-ACID
- ORYZANOL
- SERINE
- SILICON
- SILICON-DIOXIDE
- TRANS-FERULIC-ACID
- UBIQUINONE
- VIOLAXANTHIN
- ALPHA-KETO-GLUTARIC-ACID
- CAMPESTEROL
- FOLIC-ACID
- GLUTEN
- HETERODENDRIN
- HORDATINE-A
- HORDATINE-B
- INDOLE-3-CARBOXALDEHYDE
- MALONIC-ACID
- OXALACETIC-ACID
- PHYLLOQUINONE
- PHYTATE
- PHYTOSTEROLS
- SALICYLATES
- SELENIUM
- SPERMINE
- TRYPTAMINE
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Reference images
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
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