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Plant Zea mays (Poaceae)

Common Names
Corn
How this plant is used
Food

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View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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 Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
GLUCOSE 7 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Seed 6360.0 26457.0 -0.64 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLUTAMIC-ACID-DECARBOXYLASE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUTATHIONE 7 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUTATHIONE 7 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUTATHIONE 7 Seed 54.0 169.0 not available Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
GLUTELIN 0 Fruit 14685.0 67325.0 not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
GLUTEN 2 Seed not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
GLYCEROL 8 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE 12 Seed 1270.0 5283.0 -0.82 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLYCOLIC-ACID 4 Silk Stigma Style not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GUAIACOL 18 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GUANIDINE 6 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GUM 0 Silk Stigma Style not available 38000.0 not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
HEMICELLULOSE 0 Cob not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEPT-4-EN-2-OL 0 Husk Essent. Oil not available 64000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HEPT-4-EN-2-OL 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available 120000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HEPT-4-EN-2-OL 0 Silk Stigma Style not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEPT-4-EN-2-ONE 0 Essential Oil not available 15000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HEPT-4-EN-2-ONE 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available 15000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antigastritic 5 Martindale's 29th
Antigastrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigenotoxic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiglutamaergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglycosuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigoiter 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antigonadotrophic 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigonadotropic 3 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antigout 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antigranular 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigranulocytopenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigrey 1 Martindale's 29th
AntiGTF 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihalitosic 3 American Health, 12(4): 17, 1993.
Antihangover 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic 2 Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.