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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LYSINE | 4 | Seed | 1370.0 | 5699.0 | -0.87 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Seed | 100.0 | 1600.0 | -0.53 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Silk Stigma Style | not available | 1790.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MALEIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MALIC-ACID | 15 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MALIC-ACID | 15 | Silk Stigma Style | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| MALIC-ACID-DEHYDROGENASE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MALONIC-ACID | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MALTOSYL-TRANSFERASE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Seed | 0.8 | 63.0 | 0.12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Silk Stigma Style | not available | 34.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANNOSE | 3 | Plant | 1.0 | 7.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAYSIN | 3 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAYSIN | 3 | Silk Stigma Style | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MELATONIN | 23 | Seed | not available | 0.0 | not available | Hattori, A., et. al. 1995. Identification of Melatonin in Plants and its Effects on Plasma Melatonin Levels and Binding to Melatonin Receptors in Vertebrates. Biochem. Mol. Biol. Int., 35(3): 627-634. |
| MENTHOL | 63 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| MENTHOL | 63 | 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. |
| MERCURY | 1 | Seed | 0.0 | 0.1 | -0.30 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MESO-INOSITOL | 0 | Pollen Or Spore | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHIONINE | 15 | Pollen Or Spore | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Glutathione-Depleting | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glutathionigenic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Goitrogenic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Gonadotrophic | 2 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Gram(+)icide | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gram(-)icide | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GST-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hematopoietic | 2 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Hemolytic | 1 | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| Hemopoietic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hemorrhagic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Hemostat | 4 | Martindale's 29th |
| Hemostatic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Hepatocarcinogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatomagenic | 1 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp. |
| Hepatoprotective | 18 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatotonic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatotoxic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatotropic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Herbicide | 10 | Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp. |