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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
SAPONIN 0 Silk Stigma Style 23000.0 32000.0 not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
SD 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM 60 Seed 0.0 0.5 -0.26 Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM 60 Silk Stigma Style not available 5.7 not available Duke, 1992 *
SERINE 1 Seed 1530.0 6365.0 -0.81 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SEROTIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SI 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SILICON 4 Silk Stigma Style not available 237.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SILVER 3 Seed 0.0 0.1 -0.18 Duke, 1992 *
SITOSTANOL FERULATE 0 Bran not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SITOSTANOL-P-COUMARATE 0 Bran not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Seed 0.0 757.0 0.49 Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Silk Stigma Style not available 130.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SPERMIDINE 1 Seed not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
SPERMINE 1 Seed not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
SQUALENE 10 Pollen Or Spore not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SQUALENE 10 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SQUALENE 10 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STARCH 5 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 110.0 457.0 -0.56 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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.