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

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
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Oil	90.0	257.0	-0.32	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-YLANGENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	17000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-YLANGENE	0	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-YLANGENE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-YLANGENE	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	17000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-ZEACAROTENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-ZEIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
ALUMINUM	5	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Seed	1.0	275.0	0.09	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Silk Stigma Style	not available	213.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AMINO-ACIDS	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AMINO-ADIPIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AMMONIA	0	Seed	not available	10030.0	1.16	Duke, 1992 *
AMMONIA(NH3)	0	Seed	not available	1030.0	-1.01	Duke, 1992 *
ANILINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANTHERAXANTHIN	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	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 *