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

Common Names

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
CHELIDONIC-ACID	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHELIDONIC-ACID	2	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHITINASE A	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHITINASE B	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHLORINE	7	Fruit	not available	330.0	-0.46	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLESTEROL	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLESTEROL	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLESTEROL	1	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE	20	Root	not available	36.0	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE	20	Seed	not available	430.0	-1.17	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE	20	Shoot	not available	85.0	-0.65	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Seed	0.0	1.7	-0.44	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Silk Stigma Style	not available	13.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSANTHEMIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSANTHEMIN	0	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSANTHEMIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER	1	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLOL	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.

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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
Lymphokinetic	1	Duke, 1992 *
MAO-A-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Memorigenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Memory-Enhancer	1	Science News, 138: 189, 1990.
Metal-Chelator	3	McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Metal-Chelator (Copper)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Metastatic	1	Science News, 146: 421.
Mitotic	1	Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
MMP-9-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Molluscicide	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Monoamine-Precursor	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mosquitocide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Mosquitofuge	2	Duke, 1992 *
Motor-Depressant	4	Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mucogenic	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic	1	Martindale's 28th
Mucotropic	1	Schulz, V, Hansel, R and Tyler, VE. 1998. Rational Phytotherapy - A Physician's Guide to Herbal Medicine. 3rd ed. 1st English Edition. Translated by Terry C. Telger. Springer Verlag, Heidelberg. 306 pp.
Mutagenic	2	Duke, 1992 *