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
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Silk Stigma Style	not available	1300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ZEACAROTENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ZEIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETAINE	14	Root	not available	59.0	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
BETAINE	14	Shoot	not available	234.0	-0.18	Duke, 1992 *
BETAINE	14	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.
BIOTIN	4	Cob	0.0	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BIPHENYL	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BISABOLOL	0	Essential Oil	not available	90000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORON	4	Seed	0.0	15.0	-0.43	Duke, 1992 *
BUTAN-1-OL	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUTENYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CADAVERINE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CADMIUM	3	Seed	0.0	1.0	0.16	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Shoot	not available	0.7	-0.70	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID-ESTER	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Seed	10.0	181.0	-0.73	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Silk Stigma Style	not available	2520.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Irritant	24	Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Juvabional	5	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Keratolytic	3	Martindale's 28th
Larvicide	5	Duke, 1992 *
Larvistat	4	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Laxative	8	Duke, 1992 *
Laxative?	1	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-91.
Lectin	1	Martindale's 29th
Leptingenic	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
Leucocytogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Leukotriene-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Lipolytic	4	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Lipotropic	4	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	5	Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lithogenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Litholytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lubricant	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lyase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lymphocytogenic	2	Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.