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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
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Cob 3.0 7.0 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Seed 4.0 34.0 1.81 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PECTIC POLYSACCHARIDE 0 Shoot *
PECTIN 24 Leaf 10000.0 17000.0 -0.93 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PECTINS 0 Plant 5900.0 *
PELARGONIDIN 7 Silk Stigma Style *
PELARGONIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant *
PENT-1-EN-2-OL 0 Silk Stigma Style *
PENTAN-1-OL 0 Silk Stigma Style *
PENTAN-2-OL 0 Silk Stigma Style *
PENTAN-3-ONE 0 Silk Stigma Style *
PEROXIDASE 0 Anther *
PHENANTHRENE 0 Leaf Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
PHENETHYL-ALCOHOL 6 Silk Stigma Style *
PHENYL-ACETALDEHYDE 2 Husk Essent. Oil 13000.0 *
PHENYL-ACETALDEHYDE 2 Plant *
PHENYL-ACETALDEHYDE 2 Seed Essent. Oil *
PHENYL-ACETALDEHYDE 2 Silk Essent. Oil 1000.0 *
PHENYLACETIC-ACID 2 Pollen Or Spore *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Mycobactericide 2 *
Myocardiotonic 1 *
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 *
Narcotic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Natriuretic 2 *
Nematicide 17 Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 44: 183.
Neoplastic 1 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NEP-Inhibitor 1 *
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 *
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 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 4 *