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
GALACTOXYLASE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID	62	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-CAROTENE	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
GAMMA-NONALACTONE	2	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-SITOSTEROL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL	14	Oil	not available	752.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
GEOSMIN	0	Essential Oil	not available	4000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GEOSMIN	0	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	2000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GEOSMIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GEOSMIN	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	4000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GEOSMIN	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIAL	13	Hull Husk	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIAL	13	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL	35	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERANYL-ACETONE	2	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERANYL-ACETONE	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERANYL-ACETONE	2	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLINS	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLOBULIN	0	Seed	4500.0	6000.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE	7	Fruit	2000.0	5000.0	-0.84	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antilymphedemic	1	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antilymphomic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic	6	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antimalarial	2	Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antimange	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimanic	5	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastalgic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastitic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimeasles	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanogenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antimelanomic	7	Duke, 1992 *
AntiMeniere's	2	Martindale's 29th
Antimenopausal	6	Martindale's 29th
Antimenorrhagic	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetaplastic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimetastatic	6	Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Antimetastatic (Stomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimigraine	6	Martindale's 29th
Antimite	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimitotic	4	Pandeya, S.N. 1970. Biological Activity of Adamantyl Derivatives. The Indian Journal of Pharmacy, 33: 7.