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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Zea mays (Poaceae)

Common Names
Corn
How this plant is used
Food

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ADENINE 11 Seed *
ADENOSINE 28 Leaf *
ADENOSINE 28 Seed *
AFLATOXIN 0 Plant *
AFLATOXIN B-1 0 Plant *
ALANINE 3 Seed 2950.0 12272.0 0.45 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALDOBIOURONIC-ACID 0 Plant *
ALKALOIDS 0 Silk Stigma Style 500.0 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
ALLANTOIN 12 Embryo *
ALLANTOIN 12 Seed 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.
ALPHA-AMYLASE 0 Plant *
ALPHA-AMYRIN 10 Plant *
ALPHA-CAROTENE 7 Seed 0.5 2.5 *
ALPHA-COPAENE 0 Leaf *
ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASE 0 Plant *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Seed 160.0 666.0 -0.32 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-MUUROLENE 0 Leaf *
ALPHA-MUUROLENE 0 Plant *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Husk Essent. Oil *
ALPHA-SITOSTEROL 0 Plant *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor 2 *
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 *
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 *
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 *
Leukotriene-Inhibitor 2 *
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 *
Litholytic 1 *
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 *
Lymphocytogenic 2 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.