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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
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Silk Essent. Oil 1000.0 *
BENZOTHIAZOLE 0 Leaf Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
BENZOXAZIONE 0 Sprout Seedling *
BENZYL-AMINE 0 Seed 3.4 *
BENZYL-FORMATE 1 Leaf Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
BETA-AMYLASE 0 Plant *
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Shoot *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Seed 0.5 2.5 -0.27 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Silk Stigma Style 0.0 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Root *
BETA-COPAENE 0 Leaf *
BETA-CRYPTOXANTHIN 2 Seed Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
BETA-IONONE 13 Husk Essent. Oil 12000.0 *
BETA-IONONE 13 Leaf Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
BETA-IONONE 13 Plant *
BETA-IONONE 13 Silk Essent. Oil 1000.0 *
BETA-IONONE 13 Silk Stigma Style *
BETA-PINENE 13 Silk Essent. Oil 3000.0 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Seed 1200.0 -0.17 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Seed Oil *
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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 *
Allergenic 25 Martindale's 29th
Alpha-Glucosidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 *
Amphiglycemic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anabolic 1 *
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 *
Androgenic? 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic 1 *
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 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 *
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.