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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
CYCLOSADOL 1 Seed *
CYCLOSADOL 1 Seed Oil *
CYCLOSATIVENE 0 Leaf *
CYSTATHIONE 0 Plant *
CYSTINE 2 Seed 260.0 1082.0 -1.44 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CYTOCHROME-C 0 Plant Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
D-GLUCURONIC-ACID 0 Plant *
DAUCOSTEROL 5 Silk Stigma Style 440.0 *
DEC-TRANS-2-CIS-4-DIEN-1-AL 0 Plant *
DEC-TRANS-2-CIS-4-DIEN-1-AL 0 Silk Essent. Oil 7000.0 *
DEC-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL 0 Husk Essent. Oil *
DEC-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL 0 Silk Essent. Oil 3000.0 *
DEC-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-DIEN-1-AL 0 Husk Essent. Oil 37000.0 *
DEC-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-DIEN-1-AL 0 Plant *
DEC-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-DIEN-1-AL 0 Silk Essent. Oil 6000.0 20000.0 *
DECA-TRANS-2,TRANS-4-DIEN-1-AL 0 Husk Essent. Oil 37000.0 *
DECA-TRANS-2,TRANS-4-DIEN-1-AL 0 Seed Essent. Oil *
DECA-TRANS-2,TRANS-4-DIEN-1-AL 0 Silk Stigma Style *
DECA-TRANS-2-CIS-4-DIEN-1-AL 0 Husk Essent. Oil 13000.0 *
DECA-TRANS-2-CIS-4-DIEN-1-AL 0 Seed Essent. Oil *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Colorant 10 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedogenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Comedolytic 1 *
COMT-Inhibitor 1 *
Congestant 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.
Contraceptive 2 Martindale's 28th
Convulsant 3 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Copper-Antagonist 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Copper-Chelator 1 *
Cosmetic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Counterirritant 3 *
COX-1-Inhibitor 2 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 6 *
Culicide 2 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 7 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor 1 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inducer 3 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inhibitor 1 Pizzorno, J. 1998. Total Wellness. Prima Health, a division of Prima.
Cytoprotective 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Cytotoxic 8 *