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

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Corn

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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
PHENYLALANINE	7	Seed	1500.0	6240.0	-0.63	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHENYLALANINE-AMMONIA-LYASE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHATIDYL-CHOLINE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHATIDYL-ETHANOLAMINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHATIDYL-INOSITOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHOENOL-PYRUVATE	0	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHOLIPIDS	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Seed	600.0	4066.0	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Silk Stigma Style	not available	287.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYLLOQUINONE	5	Fruit	not available	0.0	-0.23	Duke, 1992 *
PHYLLOQUINONE	5	Oil	not available	0.0	-1.06	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTATE	0	Seed	310.0	6400.0	-0.77	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTIC-ACID	9	Pollen Or Spore	not available	2600.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTIC-ACID	9	Seed	7200.0	12900.0	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOFLUENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOHAEMAGGLUTININ	2	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS	2	Seed	600.0	2800.0	0.12	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
POTASSIUM	14	Seed	2400.0	11450.0	-0.10	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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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	Duke, 1992 *
Anxiolytic	8	Merck 11th Edition
AP-1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aphidifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aphrodisiac	3	Duke, 1992 *
Apifuge	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Apoptotic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Ascaricide	2	Duke, 1992 *
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.