Plant Zea mays (Poaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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Corn

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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
THREONINE	4	Seed	1290.0	5366.0	-0.62	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
THYMOL	71	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THYMOL	71	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THYMOL	71	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
TIN	4	Seed	1.0	1.8	-0.40	Duke, 1992 *
TIN	4	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TITANIUM	0	Seed	0.1	63.0	1.61	Duke, 1992 *
TOCOPHEROLS	0	Seed	900.0	1000.0	0.07	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-24-METHYL-23-DEHYDRO-LOPHENOL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-24-METHYL-23-DEHYDRO-LOPHENOL	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-BETA-FARNESENE	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-BETA-FARNESENE	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-FERULIC-ACID	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
TRANS-FERULIC-ACID	2	Seed	not available	1800.0	1.39	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-ISO-MENTH-5-EN-2-OL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-SINAPIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRICARBALLYL-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRICIN-GLYCOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRIDECAN-1-AL	0	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRIGONELLINE	15	Seed	not available	4.0	-0.47	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
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	Duke, 1992 *
COMT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
COX-1-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor	6	Duke, 1992 *
Culicide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor	7	Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inducer	3	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *