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
CALMODULIN	1	Pollen Or Spore	not available	45.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALMODULIN	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTANOL FERULATE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTANOL-P-COUMARATE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL	2	Seed	not available	320.0	0.04	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
CAMPESTEROL	2	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL	2	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATE	0	Seed	190209.0	838000.0	1.25	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATE	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	825000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Seed	190209.0	838000.0	1.25	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	825000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CAROTENE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARVACROL	37	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARVACROL	37	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARVACROL	37	Silk Stigma Style	144.0	216.0	not available	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
CARYOPHYLLENE	31	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE	31	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CASTASTERONE	0	Pollen Or Spore	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CASTASTERONE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CELLULOSE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antitrichinosic	1	Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Antitriglyceride	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitrypanosomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitubercular	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antituberculic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor	29	Zheng, G-Q., Kenney, P.M., and Lam, L.K.T. Sesquiterpenes From Clove (Eugenia caryophyllata) As Potential Anticarcinogenic Agents. Journal of Natural Products 55(7): 999-1003, 1992.
Antitumor (Bladder)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (brain)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast)	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Cervix)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	10	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Esophagus)?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitumor (Forestomach)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (GI)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Kidney)	2	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antitumor (Liver)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Mouth)	1	Duke, 1992 *