Plant Zea mays (Poaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
NONAN-1-AL	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	97000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-1-AL	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-1-AL	Silk Essent. Oil	80000.0	28000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-1-OL	Essential Oil	not available	30000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-1-OL	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-1-OL	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	30000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-1-OL	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-2-OL	Essential Oil	not available	260000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-2-OL	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	132000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-2-OL	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-2-OL	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	260000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-2-OL	Silk Essent. Oil	not available	2000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-2-ONE	Essential Oil	not available	20000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-2-ONE	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-2-ONE	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	20000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-2-ONE	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
O-DIETHYL-PHTHALATE	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OBTUSIFOLIOL	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OBTUSIFOLIOL	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCT-1-EN-3-OL	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	25000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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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 *