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

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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
OCTAN-1-OL	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-2-OL	0	Essential Oil	not available	20000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-2-OL	0	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	12000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-2-OL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-2-OL	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	20000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-2-OL	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-2-ONE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-2-ONE	0	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-2-ONE	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEANOLIC-ACID	64	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	3470.0	14435.0	-0.86	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ORIENTIN	4	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID	9	Fruit	not available	99.0	-0.30	Watt, J.M. and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. 1962. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. E. & S. Livingstone, Ltd. Edinburg & London. 1457 pp.
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Seed	4.0	46.0	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Shoot	not available	1.0	-0.71	Jim Duke's personal files.
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXYBENZALDEHYDE	4	Cob	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-VINYL-GUAIACOL	0	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed	1710.0	7114.0	-0.55	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Silk Stigma Style	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 *