Plant Zea mays (Poaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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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
LYSINE	4	Seed	1370.0	5699.0	-0.87	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM	65	Seed	100.0	1600.0	-0.53	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Silk Stigma Style	not available	1790.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MALEIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID	15	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID	15	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
MALIC-ACID-DEHYDROGENASE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MALONIC-ACID	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MALTOSYL-TRANSFERASE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Seed	0.8	63.0	0.12	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Silk Stigma Style	not available	34.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
MANNOSE	3	Plant	1.0	7.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MAYSIN	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MAYSIN	3	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MELATONIN	23	Seed	not available	0.0	not available	Hattori, A., et. al. 1995. Identification of Melatonin in Plants and its Effects on Plasma Melatonin Levels and Binding to Melatonin Receptors in Vertebrates. Biochem. Mol. Biol. Int., 35(3): 627-634.
MENTHOL	63	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
MENTHOL	63	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
MERCURY	1	Seed	0.0	0.1	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *
MESO-INOSITOL	0	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE	15	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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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