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
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Silk Stigma Style	not available	1300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ZEACAROTENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ZEIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETAINE	14	Root	not available	59.0	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
BETAINE	14	Shoot	not available	234.0	-0.18	Duke, 1992 *
BETAINE	14	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.
BIOTIN	4	Cob	0.0	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BIPHENYL	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BISABOLOL	0	Essential Oil	not available	90000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORON	4	Seed	0.0	15.0	-0.43	Duke, 1992 *
BUTAN-1-OL	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUTENYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CADAVERINE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CADMIUM	3	Seed	0.0	1.0	0.16	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Shoot	not available	0.7	-0.70	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID-ESTER	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Seed	10.0	181.0	-0.73	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Silk Stigma Style	not available	2520.0	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
Antiosteoporotic	9	Duke, 1992 *
Antiototic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxaluric	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antioxidant	52	Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Antioxidant (LDL)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant Synergist	3	Martindale's 29th
Antioxidant?	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiozenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipancreatitic	1	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antipapillomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparkinsonian	9	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparotitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipellagric	3	Martindale's 28th
Antipeptic	2	25 Dispensatory
Antiperiodontal	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontitic	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiperistaltic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipermeability	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant	9	Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991.