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

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Corn

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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
OCTAN-1-OL	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-2-OL	0	Essential Oil	not available	20000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-2-OL	0	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	12000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-2-OL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-2-OL	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	20000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-2-OL	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-2-ONE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-2-ONE	0	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-2-ONE	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEANOLIC-ACID	64	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	3470.0	14435.0	-0.86	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ORIENTIN	4	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID	9	Fruit	not available	99.0	-0.30	Watt, J.M. and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. 1962. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. E. & S. Livingstone, Ltd. Edinburg & London. 1457 pp.
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Seed	4.0	46.0	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Shoot	not available	1.0	-0.71	Jim Duke's personal files.
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXYBENZALDEHYDE	4	Cob	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-VINYL-GUAIACOL	0	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed	1710.0	7114.0	-0.55	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Silk Stigma Style	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