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

Common Names

Corn

How this plant is used

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	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
HEX-TRANS-3-EN-1-OL	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXA-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-DIEN-1-AL	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXADECENOIC-ACID	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-AL	Hull Husk	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-AL	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	50000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-AL	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-AL	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-AL	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-AL	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-AL	Silk Essent. Oil	2000.0	10000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-OL	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	62000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-OL	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-OL	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-OL	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-OL	Silk Essent. Oil	2000.0	10000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-OL	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-2-OL	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-2-ONE	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-2-ONE	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-2-ONE	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Diuretic	14	Duke, 1992 *
DME-Inhibitor	1	Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 134.
DNA-Active	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Dopaminergic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Dye	2	Merck 11th Edition
Edemagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Elastase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Embryotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Emetic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Emmenagogue	2	Wealth of India.
Emollient	2	Merck 11th Edition
Encephalopathic	1	Martindale's 29th
Energizer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Enterocontractant	1	J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Enterorelaxant	4	J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Enterotoxic	1	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Epidermal-Stimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ergogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Erythrocytogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.