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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
SAPONIN 0 Silk Stigma Style 23000.0 32000.0 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
SD 0 Plant *
SELENIUM 60 Seed 0.0 0.5 -0.26 *
SELENIUM 60 Silk Stigma Style 5.7 *
SERINE 1 Seed 1530.0 6365.0 -0.81 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SEROTIN 0 Plant *
SI 0 Plant *
SILICON 4 Silk Stigma Style 237.0 *
SILVER 3 Seed 0.0 0.1 -0.18 *
SITOSTANOL FERULATE 0 Bran *
SITOSTANOL-P-COUMARATE 0 Bran *
SODIUM 1 Seed 0.0 757.0 0.49 *
SODIUM 1 Silk Stigma Style 130.0 *
SPERMIDINE 1 Seed ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
SPERMINE 1 Seed ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
SQUALENE 10 Pollen Or Spore *
SQUALENE 10 Seed *
SQUALENE 10 Seed Oil *
STARCH 5 Seed *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 110.0 457.0 -0.56 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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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 *
Pesticide 75 *
PGE2-Inhibitor 1 *
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 *
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 *
PKC-Inhibitor 1 *
Plasmodicide 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 *
Poultice 1 Martindale's 29th
Preservative 2 Merck 11th Edition
Previtamin-A 2 *