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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
ANTHRANILIC-ACID 6 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANTHRANILIC-ACID-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APIFOROL 0 Silk Stigma Style not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIDIN 0 Silk Stigma Style not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN-GLYCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APS-SULFOTRANSFERASE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARABINOSE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE 14 Seed 1310.0 5450.0 -0.81 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ARSENIC 2 Seed 0.0 0.2 1.60 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Seed 0.0 85.0 -0.29 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Silk Stigma Style not available 11.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Seed 10000.0 90000.0 1.27 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Silk Stigma Style not available 33000.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Seed 2440.0 10150.0 -1.10 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASTRAGALIN 7 Pollen Or Spore not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BARIUM 0 Seed 0.0 14.0 -0.26 Duke, 1992 *
BAZZANENE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Husk Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Shoot 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 *