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

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Corn

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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
ISOAMYL-AMINE	0	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOBEHENIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	80.0	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ISOLEUCINE	3	Seed	1290.0	5366.0	-0.65	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ISOPROPYL-AMINE	0	Seed	not available	2.3	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN	22	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
ISOQUERCITRIN	22	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISORHAMNETIN-3,4'-O-DIGLUCOSIDE	0	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISORHAMNETIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISORHAMNETIN-3-O-GLUCOSIDE-4'-O-DIGLUCOSIDE	0	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISORHAMNETIN-3-O-NEOHESPEROSIDE	0	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOVALERALDEHYDE	1	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-ALPHA-L-GALACTOSIDE	0	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	3690.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LACTIC-ACID	8	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LANOSTEROL	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LEAD	0	Seed	0.0	14.0	3.37	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE	2	Seed	3480.0	14477.0	-0.25	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LEUCOCYANIDIN	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCOPELARGONIDIN	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIGNIN	13	Cob	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
AntiPGE2	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipharyngitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiphenylketonuric	2	Martindale's 29th
Antiphotophobic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antipityriasic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplaque	9	Osawa, K., Matsumoto, T., Maruyama, T., Takiguchi, T., Okuda, K., and Takazoe, I., Studies of the antibacterial activity of plant extracts and their constituents against periodontopathic bacteria, Bull Tokyo Dent. Coll., 31 (1), 1990, 17-21
Antiplasmodial	2	Duke, 1992 *
AntiPMS	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipolio	5	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antipoliomyelitic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipolyp	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiporphyric	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiprogestational	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiprolactin	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproliferant	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostanoid	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic	2	Merck 11th Edition