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Plant Zea mays (Poaceae)

Common Names
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
HEX-TRANS-3-EN-1-OL 0 Silk Stigma Style not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXA-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-DIEN-1-AL 0 Silk Stigma Style not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXADECENOIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-AL 0 Hull Husk not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-AL 0 Husk Essent. Oil not available 50000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-AL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-AL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-AL 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-AL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-AL 0 Silk Essent. Oil 2000.0 10000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-OL 0 Husk Essent. Oil not available 62000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-OL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-OL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-OL 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-OL 0 Silk Essent. Oil 2000.0 10000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-OL 0 Silk Stigma Style not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-2-OL 0 Silk Stigma Style not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-2-ONE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-2-ONE 0 Husk Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-2-ONE 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Percutaneostimulant 1 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfume 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Perfumery 27 Merck 11th Edition
Peristaltic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide 75 Duke, 1992 *
PGE2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic 5 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Phospholipase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Photosensitizer 1 Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp.
Phytoalexin 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Phytohormonal 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pigment 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Piscicide 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pituitary-Stimulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
PKC-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Plasmodicide 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Poultice 1 Martindale's 29th
Preservative 2 Merck 11th Edition
Previtamin-A 2 Duke, 1992 *