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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Zea mays (Poaceae)

Common Names
Corn
How this plant is used
Food

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
HEXENYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 0 Seed *
HISTIDINE 7 Embryo *
HISTIDINE 7 Seed 890.0 3702.0 -0.64 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
HORDENINE 8 Silk Stigma Style Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
HYDROXAMIC-ACID 0 Leaf *
INDOLE 15 Leaf Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
INDOLE 15 Shoot *
INDOLE-3-ACETIC-ACID 7 Cotyledon *
INDOLE-3-ACETIC-ACID 7 Juice *
INDOLE-3-ACETIC-ACID 7 Root *
INDOLE-3-ACETIC-ACID 7 Seed *
INDOLE-3-ACETIC-ACID-CELLULOSIGLUCAN 0 Seed *
INDOLE-3-ACETIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Seed *
INDOLE-3-ACETIC-ACID-MYOINOSITOL 0 Seed *
INDOLE-3-BUTYRIC-ACID 3 Leaf *
INDOLE-3-BUTYRIC-ACID 3 Seed *
INOSITOL 8 Plant *
IODINE 12 Seed 0.0 -0.28 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
IRON 6 Seed 5.0 41.0 -0.51 *
IRON 6 Silk Stigma Style 504.0 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiwart 1 Mitchell, J. and Rook, A.J. 1923. Botanical Dermatology: plants and plant products injurious to the skin. Vancouver: Greengrass, 1979. xiii, 787 p.: ill.
Antixerophthalmic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antixerotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiyeast 2 *
Anxiolytic 8 Merck 11th Edition
AP-1-Inhibitor 1 *
Aphidifuge 1 *
Aphrodisiac 3 *
Apifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Apoptotic 7 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 1 *
Arrhythmigenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Artemicide 3 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Arteriodilator 2 *
Ascaricide 2 *
Asthma-preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent 3 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Ataxigenic 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Atherogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
ATPase-Inhibitor 2 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.