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
ANTHRANILIC-ACID	6	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANTHRANILIC-ACID-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APIFOROL	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIDIN	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN-GLYCOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APS-SULFOTRANSFERASE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARABINOSE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Seed	1310.0	5450.0	-0.81	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ARSENIC	2	Seed	0.0	0.2	1.60	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Seed	0.0	85.0	-0.29	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Silk Stigma Style	not available	11.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Seed	10000.0	90000.0	1.27	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	33000.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Seed	2440.0	10150.0	-1.10	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASTRAGALIN	7	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BARIUM	0	Seed	0.0	14.0	-0.26	Duke, 1992 *
BAZZANENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Shoot	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 *