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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 * |