Plant Zea mays (Poaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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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
PALMITOLEIC-ACID	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PANTOTHENIC-ACID	11	Cob	3.0	7.0	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PANTOTHENIC-ACID	11	Seed	4.0	34.0	1.81	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PECTIC POLYSACCHARIDE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PECTIN	24	Leaf	10000.0	17000.0	-0.93	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PECTINS	0	Plant	not available	5900.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PELARGONIDIN	7	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PELARGONIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENT-1-EN-2-OL	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENTAN-1-OL	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENTAN-2-OL	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENTAN-3-ONE	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PEROXIDASE	0	Anther	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENANTHRENE	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.
PHENETHYL-ALCOHOL	6	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYL-ACETALDEHYDE	2	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	13000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYL-ACETALDEHYDE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYL-ACETALDEHYDE	2	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYL-ACETALDEHYDE	2	Silk Essent. Oil	not available	1000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLACETIC-ACID	2	Pollen Or Spore	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.