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

Common Names

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	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
ISOAMYL-AMINE	0	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOBEHENIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	80.0	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ISOLEUCINE	3	Seed	1290.0	5366.0	-0.65	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ISOPROPYL-AMINE	0	Seed	not available	2.3	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN	22	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
ISOQUERCITRIN	22	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISORHAMNETIN-3,4'-O-DIGLUCOSIDE	0	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISORHAMNETIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISORHAMNETIN-3-O-GLUCOSIDE-4'-O-DIGLUCOSIDE	0	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISORHAMNETIN-3-O-NEOHESPEROSIDE	0	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOVALERALDEHYDE	1	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-ALPHA-L-GALACTOSIDE	0	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	3690.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LACTIC-ACID	8	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LANOSTEROL	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LEAD	0	Seed	0.0	14.0	3.37	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE	2	Seed	3480.0	14477.0	-0.25	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LEUCOCYANIDIN	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCOPELARGONIDIN	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIGNIN	13	Cob	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
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.