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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
QUERCETIN-3-O-ALPHA-D-RHAMNOSYL-O-BETA-L-GALACTOSIDE? 0 Pollen Or Spore *
QUERCETIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 2 Pollen Or Spore *
QUERCETIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL-O-ALPHA-L-GALACTOSIDE? 0 Pollen Or Spore *
QUERCETIN-3-O-BETA-D-NEOHESPEROSIDE 0 Pollen Or Spore *
QUERCETIN-3-O-GLUCOSIDE-3'-O-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Pollen Or Spore *
QUERCETIN-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Plant *
QUINIC-ACID 1 Plant *
RAFFINOSE 1 Fruit 1000.0 3000.0 -1.00 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
RESIN 0 Silk Stigma Style Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
RHAMNOGALACTURONAN-I 0 Tissue Culture *
RHAMNOSE 0 Silk Stigma Style *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Cob 1.0 3.0 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 1.0 4.0 -0.22 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Silk Stigma Style 1.5 -1.00 *
RIBONUCLEASE 2 Tissue Culture *
RICINOLEIC-ACID 7 Plant *
RUBISCO 0 Plant Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
SABINOL 5 Leaf Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
SALICYLATES 7 Fruit 1.0 5.0 -0.32 *
SALICYLIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Leaf *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Diuretic 14 *
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 *
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 *
Elastase-Inhibitor 1 *
Embryotoxic 1 *
Emetic 6 *
Emmenagogue 2 Wealth of India.
Emollient 2 Merck 11th Edition
Encephalopathic 1 Martindale's 29th
Energizer 1 *
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 *
Ergogenic 1 *
Erythrocytogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.