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

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Corn

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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
DECA-TRANS-2-CIS-4-DIEN-1-AL	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECA-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-TRANS-7-TRIEN-1-AL	0	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECA-TRANS-2-TRANS-7-TRIEN-1-AL	0	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	37000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECA-TRANS-2-TRANS-7-TRIEN-1-AL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECAN-1-AL	1	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	24000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECAN-1-AL	1	Silk Essent. Oil	10000.0	90000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECAN-1-OL	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECAN-2-OL	0	Essential Oil	not available	15000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECAN-2-OL	0	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECAN-2-OL	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	15000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECAN-2-OL	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECAN-2-ONE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECAN-2-ONE	0	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECAN-2-ONE	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-AMINO-LEVULINIC-ACID	0	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-CADINENE	9	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEOXY-RIBONUCLEASE	0	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIAMINO-PROPANE	0	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIETHYL-AMINE	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIGALACTOSYL-DIGLYCERIDE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Histamine-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Histaminic	1	Duke, 1992 *
HIV-RT-Inhibitor	1	Nakane, H., Fukushima, M., and Ono*, K. Differential Inhibition Of Reverse Transcriptase And Various DNA Polymerases By Digallic Acid And Its Derivatives. Journal of Natural Products, 53(5): 1234-1240, 1990.
Hydrocholerectic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypercholesterolemic	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hyperglycemic	3	Merck 11th Edition
Hypertensive	5	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hyperthyroid	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypertrichotic	1	Martindale's 29th
Hyperuricemic	1	Martindale's 28th
Hypnotic	5	Schultes, R.E. De Plantis Toxicariis e Mundo Novo Tropicale Commentationes XXXVI. Justicia (Acanthaceae) as a Source of an Hallucinogenic Snuff. Economic Botany 44(1): 61-70, 1990.
Hypoammonemic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoarginanemic	1	Martindale's 29th
Hypocalcemic	2	Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Hypocholesterolemic	26	Duke, 1992 *
Hypoglycemic	18	Duke, 1992 *
Hypolipemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypolipidemic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive	20	Duke, 1992 *
Hypothermic	3	Duke, 1992 *