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
5-O-CAFFEOYLQUINIC-ACID	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-O-COUMARYLQUINIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-O-FERULOYLQUINIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6,10,14-TRIMETHYL-PENTADECAN-2-ONE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6,7-DIMETHOXY-2-BENZOXAZOLIN-2-ONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6,7-DIMETHOXY-BENZOXAZOLIN-2-ONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-DEOXOCASTASTERONE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-METHOXY-2-(3)-BENZOXAZOLINONE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-METHOXY-BENZOXAZOLIN-2-ONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-METHOXY-BENZOXAZOLIN-2-ONE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-METHOXY-BENZOXAZOLIN-2-ONE	0	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
7-DEHYDRO-AVENASTEROL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
7-DEHYDRO-AVENASTEROL	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
8-HYDROXY-QUINOL-2-ONE-4-CARBOXYLIC-ACID-8'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
8-HYDROXY-QUINOL-2-ONE-4-CARBOXYLIC-ACID-8'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Seed	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ABSCISIC-ACID	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ABSCISSIN-II	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETOIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACONITIC-ACID	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACONITIC-ACID	1	Shoot	not available	600.0	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.