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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
NAPHTHALENE 1 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NAPHTHALENE 1 Silk Essent. Oil not available 3000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
NAPHTHALENE 1 Silk Stigma Style not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEOCRYPTOXANTHIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEOXANTHIN 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEROLIDOL 11 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
NIACIN 39 Cob 4.0 16.0 not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
NIACIN 39 Seed 16.0 71.0 0.84 Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Silk Stigma Style not available 25.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL 3 Seed 0.1 6.3 0.30 Duke, 1992 *
NICOTIANAMINE 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NON-CIS-3-EN-1-OL 0 Essential Oil not available 30000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
NON-CIS-3-EN-1-OL 0 Husk Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NON-CIS-3-EN-1-OL 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available 30000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
NON-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL 0 Husk Essent. Oil not available 10000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
NON-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NON-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL 0 Silk Essent. Oil not available 10000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
NONA-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-DIEN-1-AL 0 Husk Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NONA-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-DIEN-1-AL 0 Silk Essent. Oil not available 3000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
NONAL-N-2-OL 0 Silk Stigma Style 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.