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
STEARIC-ACID	8	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL	12	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL	12	Seed	not available	210.0	-0.26	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
STIGMASTEROL	12	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL	12	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL	12	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STRONTIUM	0	Seed	0.1	14.0	-0.38	Duke, 1992 *
SUBAPHYLLIN	3	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.
SUCCINIC-ACID	7	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE	14	Fruit	9000.0	19000.0	-0.61	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
SUCROSE	14	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR	14	Fruit	6.0	1140.0	-0.19	Duke, 1992 *
SYRINGALDEHYDE	4	Cob	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SYRINGALDEHYDE	4	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SYRINGIC-ACID	6	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TARTARIC-ACID	6	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.
TEASTERONE	0	Pollen Or Spore	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TEASTERONE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Fruit	2.0	8.0	0.34	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Silk Stigma Style	not available	2.1	-1.00	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.