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Plant Zea mays (Poaceae)

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
DECA-TRANS-2-CIS-4-DIEN-1-AL 0 Silk Stigma Style not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DECA-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-TRANS-7-TRIEN-1-AL 0 Husk Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DECA-TRANS-2-TRANS-7-TRIEN-1-AL 0 Husk Essent. Oil not available 37000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DECA-TRANS-2-TRANS-7-TRIEN-1-AL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DECAN-1-AL 1 Husk Essent. Oil not available 24000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DECAN-1-AL 1 Silk Essent. Oil 10000.0 90000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DECAN-1-OL 0 Silk Stigma Style not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DECAN-2-OL 0 Essential Oil not available 15000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DECAN-2-OL 0 Husk Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DECAN-2-OL 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available 15000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DECAN-2-OL 0 Silk Stigma Style not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DECAN-2-ONE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DECAN-2-ONE 0 Husk Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DECAN-2-ONE 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-AMINO-LEVULINIC-ACID 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-CADINENE 9 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DEOXY-RIBONUCLEASE 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIAMINO-PROPANE 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIETHYL-AMINE 2 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIGALACTOSYL-DIGLYCERIDE 0 Seed not available not available 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
Mycobactericide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Myocardiotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant 8 Martindale's 29th
Myostimulant 1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Narcotic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Natriuretic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Nematicide 17 Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 44: 183.
Neoplastic 1 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NEP-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Nephrotoxic 6 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Neurodepressant 1 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.
Neuroexcitant 1 Martindale's 28th
Neuroinhibitor 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Neurolytic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Neuropathogenic 1 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.
Neuroprotective 3 Duke, 1992 *
Neurotoxic 4 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Neurotransmitter 1 Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *