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Plant Zea mays (Poaceae)

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
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
Antiprostatitic 7 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiprostatotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiproteolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipruritic 4 Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Antipsittacotic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antipsoriac 5 Martindale's 28th
Antipsychotic 4 Martindale's 29th
Antipyretic 6 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiradiation 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiradicular 20 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiRaynaud's 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiretardation 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiretinitic Optometry 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiretinopathic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiretinotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatic 12 Martindale's 28th
Antirheumatitic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antirhinitic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antisalmonella 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antisarcomic 1 Duke, 1992 *