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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
PHENYLALANINE 7 Seed 1500.0 6240.0 -0.63 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHENYLALANINE-AMMONIA-LYASE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHATIDYL-CHOLINE 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHATIDYL-ETHANOLAMINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHATIDYL-INOSITOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHOENOL-PYRUVATE 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHOLIPIDS 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Seed 600.0 4066.0 -0.34 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Silk Stigma Style not available 287.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PHYLLOQUINONE 5 Fruit not available 0.0 -0.23 Duke, 1992 *
PHYLLOQUINONE 5 Oil not available 0.0 -1.06 Duke, 1992 *
PHYTATE 0 Seed 310.0 6400.0 -0.77 Duke, 1992 *
PHYTIC-ACID 9 Pollen Or Spore not available 2600.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PHYTIC-ACID 9 Seed 7200.0 12900.0 -0.36 Duke, 1992 *
PHYTIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOFLUENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOHAEMAGGLUTININ 2 Silk Stigma Style not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ 0 Silk Stigma Style not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Seed 600.0 2800.0 0.12 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
POTASSIUM 14 Seed 2400.0 11450.0 -0.10 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antischizophrenic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiscleromyxoedemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiscoliotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiscorbutic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseborrheic 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiseptic 33 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Antiserotonin 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiserotoninic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antishingles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antishock 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antisickling 5 Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990.
Antisilicotic 1 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antisinusitic 2 Martindale's 28th
Antispare-Tire 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
Antispasmodic 27 Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Antispasmophilic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
AntiSpina-Bifida 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistaphylococcic 12 Duke, 1992 *
Antisteatotic 1 Duke, 1992 *