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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
(-)-TRANS-ISO-MENTH-5-EN-2-OL 0 Plant *
1,1-DIPHENYL-ETHANE 0 Leaf Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
1,2,3-TRIMETHYL-BENZENE 0 Silk Stigma Style *
1,2,4-TRIMETHYL-BENZENE 0 Silk Stigma Style *
1,2-DIMETHOXY-BENZENE 0 Hull Husk *
1,2-DIMETHOXY-BENZENE 0 Husk Essent. Oil *
1,2-DIMETHYL-4-ETHYL-BENZENE 0 Silk Stigma Style *
1,3-AMINO-PROPYL-PYRROLINIUM 0 Sprout Seedling *
1,3-DIMETHYL-4-ETHYL-BENZENE 0 Silk Stigma Style *
1,8-CINEOL 0 Silk Stigma Style *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Silk Stigma Style *
1-(3-METHYL-2-FURYL)PROPANE 0 Leaf Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
1-ACETO-METHYL-NAPTHONE 0 Leaf Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
1-ACETO-NAPTHONE 0 Leaf Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
1-O-FERULOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf *
1-O-SINAPOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf *
1-P-HYDROXY-TRANS-CINNAMOYL)-GLYCEROL 0 Seed 45.0 *
1.2 0 Seed *
10-OXO-OCTADEC-TRANS-11-EN-13-OLIDE 0 Seed 0.3 *
2''-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOSYL-6-C-FUCOSYL-3'-METHOXY-LUTEOLIN 0 Silk Stigma Style 50.0 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Chelator 1 *
Chemopreventive 11 *
Cholagogue 3 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 13 *
Cholesterolytic 3 *
Cholinergic 2 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Cicatrizant 1 *
Ciliotoxic 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.
Circulotonic 2 *
Clastogenic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant 6 *
CNS-Paralytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Stimulant 5 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Co-carcinogenic 1 *
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Coleoptophile 2 *
Collagen-Sparing 2 *
Collagenic 2 *
Collyrium 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.