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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALPHA-TERPINEOL | 23 | Silk Stigma Style | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL | 32 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL | 32 | Oil | 90.0 | 257.0 | -0.32 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL | 32 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL | 32 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-YLANGENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | 17000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-YLANGENE | 0 | Husk Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-YLANGENE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-YLANGENE | 0 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | 17000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-ZEACAROTENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-ZEIN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| ALUMINUM | 5 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALUMINUM | 5 | Seed | 1.0 | 275.0 | 0.09 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALUMINUM | 5 | Silk Stigma Style | not available | 213.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| AMINO-ACIDS | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| AMINO-ADIPIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| AMMONIA | 0 | Seed | not available | 10030.0 | 1.16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AMMONIA(NH3) | 0 | Seed | not available | 1030.0 | -1.01 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ANILINE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ANTHERAXANTHIN | 1 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | 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 * |