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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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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
3,7-DIHYDROXY-INDOLIN-2-ONE-3-ACETIC-ACID-7'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant *
3-7-DIHYDROXY-INDOLIN-2-ONE-3-ACETIC ACID 7'-O-BETA-GLUCOSIDE 0 Seed 1.2 *
3-FERULOYLQUINIC-ACID 0 Leaf *
3-METHYL-BUTAN-1-OL 0 Silk Stigma Style *
3-METHYL-INDOLE 0 Leaf Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
3-O-CAFFEOYLQUINIC-ACID 1 Plant *
3-O-COUMARYLQUINIC-ACID 0 Plant *
4-ACETYL-BENZOXAZOLIN-2-ONE 0 Fruit 27.0 *
4-ETHYL-GUAIACOL 0 Seed *
4-ETHYLPHENOL 0 Seed *
4-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 0 Tissue Culture *
4-HYDROXYBENZALDEHYDE 3 Cob *
4-METHYL-GUAIACOL 0 Seed *
4-VINYL-4-DEETHYL-CHLOROPHYLL-A 0 Plant *
4-VINYL-GUAIACOL 4 Seed *
4-VINYL-PHENOL 0 Seed *
5,6-DIHYDRO-2-PYRAN-2-CARBOXALDEHYDE 0 Leaf Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
5-DEHYDRO-AVENASTEROL 0 Seed *
5-DEHYDRO-AVENASTEROL 0 Seed Oil *
5-HYDROXY-TRANS-FERULIC-ACID 0 Plant *
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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 *
Candidicide 17 Martindale's 28th
Candidistat 2 *
Capillarigenic 1 *
Capillariprotective 2 Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic 12 *
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 *
Cardiomyopathogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardioprotective 15 *
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 *
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 *
Catabolic 1 *
Cataractagenic 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Cerebrotonic 1 *