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.
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Chemical Name	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
NONAN-1-AL	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	97000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-1-AL	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-1-AL	Silk Essent. Oil	80000.0	28000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-1-OL	Essential Oil	not available	30000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-1-OL	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-1-OL	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	30000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-1-OL	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-2-OL	Essential Oil	not available	260000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-2-OL	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	132000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-2-OL	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-2-OL	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	260000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-2-OL	Silk Essent. Oil	not available	2000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-2-ONE	Essential Oil	not available	20000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-2-ONE	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-2-ONE	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	20000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-2-ONE	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
O-DIETHYL-PHTHALATE	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OBTUSIFOLIOL	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OBTUSIFOLIOL	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCT-1-EN-3-OL	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	25000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Autotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bacteristat	5	Lamikanra, A., Ogundaini, A.O., and Ogungbamila*, F.O. Antibacterial Constituents of Alchornea cordifolia Leaves. Phytotherapy Research 4(5): 198.
Barbituate-Synergist	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker	3	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Bradycardiac	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bradycardic	1	Martindale's 28th
Bronchodilator	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Bronchomucolytic	1	Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 200.
Bronchomucotropic	1	Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Bronchoprotectant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bronchorelaxant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Bronchorrheic	1	Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 200.
Bruchiphobe	4	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Bufocide	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Calcium-Antagonist	6	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calmodulin-Antagonist	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).