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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
TRYPTAMINE 4 Plant not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Cotyledon not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Seed 230.0 957.0 -0.81 Duke, 1992 *
TYPHASTEROL 0 Pollen Or Spore not available 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE 8 Seed 1230.0 5117.0 -0.61 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
UNDEC-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL 0 Silk Essent. Oil not available 2000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
UNDECAN-1-AL 0 Husk Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
UNDECAN-2-OL 0 Essential Oil not available 45000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
UNDECAN-2-OL 0 Husk Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
UNDECAN-2-OL 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available 45000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
UNDECAN-2-OL 0 Silk Stigma Style not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
UNDECAN-2-ONE 0 Husk Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
UREASE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
URIDINE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
URONIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VALINE 3 Seed 1850.0 7696.0 -0.53 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VANADIUM 16 Seed 0.1 1.4 0.69 Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIN 28 Cob 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 *