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Plant Zea mays (Poaceae)

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
THREONINE 4 Seed 1290.0 5366.0 -0.62 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
THYMOL 71 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THYMOL 71 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THYMOL 71 Silk Stigma Style not available not available not available Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
TIN 4 Seed 1.0 1.8 -0.40 Duke, 1992 *
TIN 4 Silk Stigma Style not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TITANIUM 0 Seed 0.1 63.0 1.61 Duke, 1992 *
TOCOPHEROLS 0 Seed 900.0 1000.0 0.07 Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-24-METHYL-23-DEHYDRO-LOPHENOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-24-METHYL-23-DEHYDRO-LOPHENOL 0 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-BETA-FARNESENE 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-BETA-FARNESENE 2 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-FERULIC-ACID 2 Plant not available not available not available Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
TRANS-FERULIC-ACID 2 Seed not available 1800.0 1.39 Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-ISO-MENTH-5-EN-2-OL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-SINAPIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRICARBALLYL-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRICIN-GLYCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIDECAN-1-AL 0 Husk Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIGONELLINE 15 Seed not available 4.0 -0.47 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cancer-Preventive 57 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Cancer-Preventive? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Candidicide 17 Martindale's 28th
Candidistat 2 Duke, 1992 *
Capillarigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Capillariprotective 2 Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic 12 Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic? 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Cardiac 1 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Cardiodepressant 3 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiomyopathogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardioprotective 15 Duke, 1992 *
Cardioprotective? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardiotonic 4 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Cardiotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Carminative 6 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.
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Catabolic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cataractagenic 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Cerebrotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *