Plant Zea mays (Poaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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Corn

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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
LIGNIN	13	Stem	213000.0	245000.0	0.97	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
LIGNOCERIC-ACID	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LIMONENE	60	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Silk Essent. Oil	not available	7000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL	53	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL	53	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
LINGIFOLENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed	5420.0	22547.0	-0.72	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LIPOXIDASE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LITHIUM	11	Seed	0.0	0.2	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
LONGIFOLENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LOPHENOL	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN	15	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN_+_ZEAXANTHIN	0	Seed	7.3	22.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOFOROL	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLINIDIN	1	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antitumor (Ovary)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Pancreas)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	11	Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer	19	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcerogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiuremic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiuricosuric	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
AntiUTI	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antivaccinia	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antivaginitic	4	Martindale's 28th
Antivaricose	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antivertigo	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	25	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antivitiligic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antivulvitic	1	Duke, 1992 *