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
HEXENYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE	7	Embryo	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE	7	Seed	890.0	3702.0	-0.64	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
HORDENINE	8	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
HYDROXAMIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
INDOLE	15	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.
INDOLE	15	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
INDOLE-3-ACETIC-ACID	7	Cotyledon	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
INDOLE-3-ACETIC-ACID	7	Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
INDOLE-3-ACETIC-ACID	7	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
INDOLE-3-ACETIC-ACID	7	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
INDOLE-3-ACETIC-ACID-CELLULOSIGLUCAN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
INDOLE-3-ACETIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
INDOLE-3-ACETIC-ACID-MYOINOSITOL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
INDOLE-3-BUTYRIC-ACID	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
INDOLE-3-BUTYRIC-ACID	3	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
INOSITOL	8	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IODINE	12	Seed	not available	0.0	-0.28	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
IRON	6	Seed	5.0	41.0	-0.51	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Silk Stigma Style	not available	504.0	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
Hypotriglyceridemic	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Hypouricemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ileorelaxant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator	12	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant	18	Duke, 1992 *
Immunosuppressant	4	Duke, 1992 *
Inflammatory	1	Duke, 1992 *
iNOS-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide	9	Duke, 1992 *
Insectifuge	22	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectifuge?	1	Martindale's 28th
Insectiphile	4	J. Stored. Prod. Res., 22:141, 1986.
Insulin-Sparing	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insulinase-Inhibitor	4	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Insulinic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Insulinogenic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Insulinotonic	4	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Interferon-Synergist	1	Duke, 1992 *
Interferonogenic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).