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
CYCLOSADOL	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOSADOL	1	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOSATIVENE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYSTATHIONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE	2	Seed	260.0	1082.0	-1.44	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CYTOCHROME-C	0	Plant	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.
D-GLUCURONIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DAUCOSTEROL	5	Silk Stigma Style	not available	440.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEC-TRANS-2-CIS-4-DIEN-1-AL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEC-TRANS-2-CIS-4-DIEN-1-AL	0	Silk Essent. Oil	not available	7000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEC-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL	0	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEC-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL	0	Silk Essent. Oil	not available	3000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEC-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-DIEN-1-AL	0	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	37000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEC-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-DIEN-1-AL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEC-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-DIEN-1-AL	0	Silk Essent. Oil	6000.0	20000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECA-TRANS-2,TRANS-4-DIEN-1-AL	0	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	37000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECA-TRANS-2,TRANS-4-DIEN-1-AL	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECA-TRANS-2,TRANS-4-DIEN-1-AL	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECA-TRANS-2-CIS-4-DIEN-1-AL	0	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	13000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECA-TRANS-2-CIS-4-DIEN-1-AL	0	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
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.