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	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
NONAN-1-AL	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	97000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-1-AL	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-1-AL	Silk Essent. Oil	80000.0	28000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-1-OL	Essential Oil	not available	30000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-1-OL	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-1-OL	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	30000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-1-OL	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-2-OL	Essential Oil	not available	260000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-2-OL	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	132000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-2-OL	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-2-OL	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	260000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-2-OL	Silk Essent. Oil	not available	2000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-2-ONE	Essential Oil	not available	20000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-2-ONE	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-2-ONE	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	20000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-2-ONE	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
O-DIETHYL-PHTHALATE	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OBTUSIFOLIOL	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OBTUSIFOLIOL	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCT-1-EN-3-OL	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	25000.0	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
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 *