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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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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
3,7-DIHYDROXY-INDOLIN-2-ONE-3-ACETIC-ACID-7'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant *
3-7-DIHYDROXY-INDOLIN-2-ONE-3-ACETIC ACID 7'-O-BETA-GLUCOSIDE 0 Seed 1.2 *
3-FERULOYLQUINIC-ACID 0 Leaf *
3-METHYL-BUTAN-1-OL 0 Silk Stigma Style *
3-METHYL-INDOLE 0 Leaf Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
3-O-CAFFEOYLQUINIC-ACID 1 Plant *
3-O-COUMARYLQUINIC-ACID 0 Plant *
4-ACETYL-BENZOXAZOLIN-2-ONE 0 Fruit 27.0 *
4-ETHYL-GUAIACOL 0 Seed *
4-ETHYLPHENOL 0 Seed *
4-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 0 Tissue Culture *
4-HYDROXYBENZALDEHYDE 3 Cob *
4-METHYL-GUAIACOL 0 Seed *
4-VINYL-4-DEETHYL-CHLOROPHYLL-A 0 Plant *
4-VINYL-GUAIACOL 4 Seed *
4-VINYL-PHENOL 0 Seed *
5,6-DIHYDRO-2-PYRAN-2-CARBOXALDEHYDE 0 Leaf Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
5-DEHYDRO-AVENASTEROL 0 Seed *
5-DEHYDRO-AVENASTEROL 0 Seed Oil *
5-HYDROXY-TRANS-FERULIC-ACID 0 Plant *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
NO-Genic 3 *
NO-Inhibitor 3 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor 1 *
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 *
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Ovicide 1 *
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 *
Oxidant 2 Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Ozone-Scavenger 1 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor 2 *
P450-Inducer 5 *
P450-Inhibitor 1 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
PAF-Inhibitor 1 *
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 *