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
LIGNIN	13	Stem	213000.0	245000.0	0.97	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
LIGNOCERIC-ACID	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LIMONENE	60	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Silk Essent. Oil	not available	7000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL	53	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL	53	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
LINGIFOLENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed	5420.0	22547.0	-0.72	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LIPOXIDASE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LITHIUM	11	Seed	0.0	0.2	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
LONGIFOLENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LOPHENOL	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN	15	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN_+_ZEAXANTHIN	0	Seed	7.3	22.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOFOROL	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLINIDIN	1	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
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 *