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

Common Names
Corn
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
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Silk Stigma Style *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Fruit *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Oil 90.0 257.0 -0.32 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Seed *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Seed Oil *
ALPHA-YLANGENE 0 Essential Oil 17000.0 *
ALPHA-YLANGENE 0 Husk Essent. Oil *
ALPHA-YLANGENE 0 Leaf *
ALPHA-YLANGENE 0 Seed Essent. Oil 17000.0 *
ALPHA-ZEACAROTENE 0 Plant *
ALPHA-ZEIN 0 Seed Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
ALUMINUM 5 Leaf *
ALUMINUM 5 Seed 1.0 275.0 0.09 *
ALUMINUM 5 Silk Stigma Style 213.0 *
AMINO-ACIDS 0 Fruit *
AMINO-ADIPIC-ACID 0 Plant *
AMMONIA 0 Seed 10030.0 1.16 *
AMMONIA(NH3) 0 Seed 1030.0 -1.01 *
ANILINE 0 Seed *
ANTHERAXANTHIN 1 Leaf *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
(-)-Chronotropic 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 1 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 6 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 *
Abortifacient 3 *
Absorbent 1 Martindale's 29th
Acaricide 6 *
Acarifuge 1 *
ACE-Inhibitor 9 *
Acetylcholinergic 1 *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidifier 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Acidulant 2 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Acnegenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Additive 2 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adjuvant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Aggregant 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 17 *