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
ZEANIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZEANOSIDE A	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZEANOSIDE-B	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZEANOSIDE-C	0	Seed	not available	1.2	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZEARALENONE	4	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZEATIN	2	Plant	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZEATIN-RIBOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZEAXANTHIN	5	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZEAXANTHIN	5	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
ZEIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZEINOXANTHIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZETA-CAROTENE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
ZINC	77	Seed	4.0	20.0	-0.71	Duke, 1992 *
ZIRCONIUM	0	Seed	0.2	1.8	-0.60	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
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.