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	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
METHIONINE	15	Seed	670.0	2787.0	-0.39	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
METHYL-2-THIENYL-KETONE	0	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.
METHYL-AMINE	1	Seed	not available	27.0	-0.01	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-PHENYLACETATE	2	Silk Essent. Oil	30000.0	40000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-PYRAN-2-CARBOXALDEHYDE	0	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.
MEVALONIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	14.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM	2	Seed	0.1	6.3	0.45	Duke, 1992 *
MONOGALACTOSYL-DIGLYCERIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYO-INOSITOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE	22	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE	22	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE	22	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE	22	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRECITIN-GLUCOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-DEMETHYL-DIAZEPAM	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-METHYL-BETA-PHENETHYLAMINE	0	Seed	not available	1.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-METHYL-PHENETHYLAMINE	0	Seed	not available	1.1	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
N-PROPYL-GALLATE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NAPHTHALENE	1	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	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
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.