Plant Zea mays (Poaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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Corn

How this plant is used

Food

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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	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
HEX-TRANS-3-EN-1-OL	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXA-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-DIEN-1-AL	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXADECENOIC-ACID	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-AL	Hull Husk	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-AL	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	50000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-AL	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-AL	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-AL	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-AL	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-AL	Silk Essent. Oil	2000.0	10000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-OL	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	62000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-OL	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-OL	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-OL	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-OL	Silk Essent. Oil	2000.0	10000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-OL	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-2-OL	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-2-ONE	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-2-ONE	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-2-ONE	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	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
Allelochemic	9	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic	25	Martindale's 29th
Alpha-Glucosidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anabolic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	22	Martindale's 28th
Anaphrodisiac	1	Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Ancylostomicide	1	Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Androgenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic	10	Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Angiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anhydrotic	1	Martindale's 29th
Ankylostomacide	1	Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Anorexic	3	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Anthelmintic	6	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.