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
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.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
NO-Genic	3	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Nociceptive	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.
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor	6	Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Osmoregulator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Osteogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Ovicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Oviposition-Stimulant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ovulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Oxidant	2	Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Ozone-Scavenger	1	Duke, 1992 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
P450-Inducer	5	Duke, 1992 *
P450-Inhibitor	1	Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
PAF-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Pancreatoxic	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Parasiticide	1	Martindale's 29th
Parasympathomimetic	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Pediculicide	1	Duke, 1992 *