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	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
HEX-TRANS-3-EN-1-OL	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXA-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-DIEN-1-AL	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXADECENOIC-ACID	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-AL	Hull Husk	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-AL	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	50000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-AL	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-AL	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-AL	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-AL	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-AL	Silk Essent. Oil	2000.0	10000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-OL	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	62000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-OL	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-OL	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-OL	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-OL	Silk Essent. Oil	2000.0	10000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-OL	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-2-OL	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-2-ONE	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-2-ONE	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-2-ONE	Seed Essent. Oil	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
Antimitral-valve-prolapse	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimononuccleotic	1	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
AntiMorning-Sickness	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimorphinic	1	Martindale's 28th
AntiMRSA	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiMS	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
AntiMSG-Sensitivity	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimutagenic	21	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimyalgic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimyasthenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimycoplasmotic	1	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antimycotic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antimyelotoxic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antimyoatrophic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimyocarditic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antinauseant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antineoplastic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antinephritic	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antinephrolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinesidioblastosic	1	Martindale's 29th