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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Chelator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	11	Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue	3	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic	13	Duke, 1992 *
Cholesterolytic	3	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Cold-preventive	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Coleoptophile	2	Duke, 1992 *
Collagen-Sparing	2	Duke, 1992 *
Collagenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Collyrium	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.