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Common Names
Corn
How this plant is used
Food
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OCTAN-1-OL | 0 | Silk Stigma Style | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCTAN-2-OL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | 20000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCTAN-2-OL | 0 | Husk Essent. Oil | not available | 12000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCTAN-2-OL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCTAN-2-OL | 0 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | 20000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCTAN-2-OL | 0 | Silk Stigma Style | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCTAN-2-ONE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCTAN-2-ONE | 0 | Husk Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCTAN-2-ONE | 0 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEANOLIC-ACID | 64 | Silk Stigma Style | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Seed | 3470.0 | 14435.0 | -0.86 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| ORIENTIN | 4 | Silk Stigma Style | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OXALIC-ACID | 9 | Fruit | not available | 99.0 | -0.30 | Watt, J.M. and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. 1962. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. E. & S. Livingstone, Ltd. Edinburg & London. 1457 pp. |
| P-COUMARIC-ACID | 25 | Seed | 4.0 | 46.0 | -0.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-COUMARIC-ACID | 25 | Shoot | not available | 1.0 | -0.71 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| P-COUMARIC-ACID | 25 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-HYDROXYBENZALDEHYDE | 4 | Cob | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-VINYL-GUAIACOL | 0 | Husk Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Seed | 1710.0 | 7114.0 | -0.55 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Silk Stigma Style | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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. |