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
ANTHRANILIC-ACID	6	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANTHRANILIC-ACID-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APIFOROL	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIDIN	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN-GLYCOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APS-SULFOTRANSFERASE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARABINOSE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Seed	1310.0	5450.0	-0.81	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ARSENIC	2	Seed	0.0	0.2	1.60	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Seed	0.0	85.0	-0.29	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Silk Stigma Style	not available	11.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Seed	10000.0	90000.0	1.27	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	33000.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Seed	2440.0	10150.0	-1.10	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASTRAGALIN	7	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BARIUM	0	Seed	0.0	14.0	-0.26	Duke, 1992 *
BAZZANENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Shoot	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
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	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Antikeratotic	2	Martindale's 29th