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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
THREONINE 4 Seed 1290.0 5366.0 -0.62 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
THYMOL 71 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THYMOL 71 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THYMOL 71 Silk Stigma Style not available not available not available Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
TIN 4 Seed 1.0 1.8 -0.40 Duke, 1992 *
TIN 4 Silk Stigma Style not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TITANIUM 0 Seed 0.1 63.0 1.61 Duke, 1992 *
TOCOPHEROLS 0 Seed 900.0 1000.0 0.07 Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-24-METHYL-23-DEHYDRO-LOPHENOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-24-METHYL-23-DEHYDRO-LOPHENOL 0 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-BETA-FARNESENE 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-BETA-FARNESENE 2 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-FERULIC-ACID 2 Plant not available not available not available Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
TRANS-FERULIC-ACID 2 Seed not available 1800.0 1.39 Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-ISO-MENTH-5-EN-2-OL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-SINAPIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRICARBALLYL-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRICIN-GLYCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIDECAN-1-AL 0 Husk Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIGONELLINE 15 Seed not available 4.0 -0.47 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.