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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
HEPTAN-2-OL 0 Silk Essent. Oil 10000.0 20000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HEPTAN-2-OL 0 Silk Stigma Style not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEPTAN-2-ONE 0 Husk Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEPTAN-2-ONE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEPTAN-2-ONE 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available 15000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-1-EN-3-OL 0 Silk Stigma Style not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-CIS-3-EN-1-AL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-CIS-3-EN-1-OL 0 Husk Essent. Oil not available 52000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-CIS-3-EN-1-OL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-CIS-3-EN-1-OL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-CIS-3-EN-1-OL 0 Silk Essent. Oil not available 5000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-CIS-3-EN-1-OL 0 Silk Stigma Style not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-CIS-3-EN-1-YL-ACETATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL 0 Husk Essent. Oil not available 68000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL 0 Silk Stigma Style not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-TRANS-2-EN-1-OL 0 Silk Stigma Style not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-DIEN-1-AL 0 Silk Essent. Oil not available 3000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-TRANS-3-EN-1-OL 0 Silk Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antistomatitic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antistreptococcic 9 Duke, 1992 *
Antistress 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistroke 3 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
Antisunburn 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antisyndrome-X 7 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
Antitachycardic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antitartar 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiTGF-beta 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antithiamin 2 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antithromboxane 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jul-87.
Antithyreotropic 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Antithyroid 3 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antithyrotoxic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitinnitic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
AntiTMJ 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
AntiTNF 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitoxoplasmotic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.