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
SAPONIN	0	Silk Stigma Style	23000.0	32000.0	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
SD	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Seed	0.0	0.5	-0.26	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Silk Stigma Style	not available	5.7	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SERINE	1	Seed	1530.0	6365.0	-0.81	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SEROTIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SI	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SILICON	4	Silk Stigma Style	not available	237.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SILVER	3	Seed	0.0	0.1	-0.18	Duke, 1992 *
SITOSTANOL FERULATE	0	Bran	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SITOSTANOL-P-COUMARATE	0	Bran	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Seed	0.0	757.0	0.49	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Silk Stigma Style	not available	130.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SPERMIDINE	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
SPERMINE	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
SQUALENE	10	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SQUALENE	10	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SQUALENE	10	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STARCH	5	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Seed	110.0	457.0	-0.56	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)

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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.