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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Zea mays (Poaceae)

Common Names
Corn
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
NAPHTHALENE 1 Seed Essent. Oil *
NAPHTHALENE 1 Silk Essent. Oil 3000.0 *
NAPHTHALENE 1 Silk Stigma Style *
NEOCRYPTOXANTHIN 0 Plant *
NEOXANTHIN 2 Leaf *
NEROLIDOL 11 Leaf Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
NIACIN 39 Cob 4.0 16.0 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
NIACIN 39 Seed 16.0 71.0 0.84 *
NIACIN 39 Silk Stigma Style 25.0 *
NICKEL 3 Seed 0.1 6.3 0.30 *
NICOTIANAMINE 1 Leaf *
NON-CIS-3-EN-1-OL 0 Essential Oil 30000.0 *
NON-CIS-3-EN-1-OL 0 Husk Essent. Oil *
NON-CIS-3-EN-1-OL 0 Seed Essent. Oil 30000.0 *
NON-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL 0 Husk Essent. Oil 10000.0 *
NON-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL 0 Leaf *
NON-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL 0 Silk Essent. Oil 10000.0 *
NONA-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-DIEN-1-AL 0 Husk Essent. Oil *
NONA-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-DIEN-1-AL 0 Silk Essent. Oil 3000.0 *
NONAL-N-2-OL 0 Silk Stigma Style *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertensive 10 *
Antihyperthyroid 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihyperventilation 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihypoglycemic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihypoxic 1 *
Antiichythyotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiielus? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiimpotence 3 Martindale's 28th
Antiinfarctal 1 Soumyanath, A. Ed. 2006. Traditional Medicines for Modern Times - Antidiabetic Plants. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. Boca Raton, FL. 314 pp.
Antiinfective 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility 7 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory 47 Martindale's 28th
Antiinsomniac 6 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomniac? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiinsomnic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinsulinogenic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiischemic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antikeratitic 1 *
Antikeratotic 2 Martindale's 29th