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	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
PALMITOLEIC-ACID	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PANTOTHENIC-ACID	11	Cob	3.0	7.0	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PANTOTHENIC-ACID	11	Seed	4.0	34.0	1.81	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PECTIC POLYSACCHARIDE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PECTIN	24	Leaf	10000.0	17000.0	-0.93	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PECTINS	0	Plant	not available	5900.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PELARGONIDIN	7	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PELARGONIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENT-1-EN-2-OL	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENTAN-1-OL	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENTAN-2-OL	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENTAN-3-ONE	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PEROXIDASE	0	Anther	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENANTHRENE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
PHENETHYL-ALCOHOL	6	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYL-ACETALDEHYDE	2	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	13000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYL-ACETALDEHYDE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYL-ACETALDEHYDE	2	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYL-ACETALDEHYDE	2	Silk Essent. Oil	not available	1000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLACETIC-ACID	2	Pollen Or Spore	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
Antihemorrhagic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatitic	3	Martindale's 29th
Antihepatoadenomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihepatotoxic	12	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic	13	Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihiccup	1	Martindale's 29th
Antihistaminic	11	J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569.
AntiHIV	8	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihomocysteine	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihomocystinuric	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antihydrophobic	1	Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihyperactivity	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperammonemic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antihypercholesterolemic	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperglycemic	1	Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Antihyperkeratotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperkinetic	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihyperlipidemic	1	Duke, 1992 *