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
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Oil	90.0	257.0	-0.32	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-YLANGENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	17000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-YLANGENE	0	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-YLANGENE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-YLANGENE	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	17000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-ZEACAROTENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-ZEIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
ALUMINUM	5	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Seed	1.0	275.0	0.09	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Silk Stigma Style	not available	213.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AMINO-ACIDS	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AMINO-ADIPIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AMMONIA	0	Seed	not available	10030.0	1.16	Duke, 1992 *
AMMONIA(NH3)	0	Seed	not available	1030.0	-1.01	Duke, 1992 *
ANILINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANTHERAXANTHIN	1	Leaf	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 *