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
OCTAN-1-OL	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-2-OL	0	Essential Oil	not available	20000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-2-OL	0	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	12000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-2-OL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-2-OL	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	20000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-2-OL	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-2-ONE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-2-ONE	0	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-2-ONE	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEANOLIC-ACID	64	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	3470.0	14435.0	-0.86	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ORIENTIN	4	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID	9	Fruit	not available	99.0	-0.30	Watt, J.M. and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. 1962. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. E. & S. Livingstone, Ltd. Edinburg & London. 1457 pp.
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Seed	4.0	46.0	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Shoot	not available	1.0	-0.71	Jim Duke's personal files.
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXYBENZALDEHYDE	4	Cob	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-VINYL-GUAIACOL	0	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed	1710.0	7114.0	-0.55	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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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
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 *