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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
CALMODULIN 1 Pollen Or Spore not available 45.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CALMODULIN 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTANOL FERULATE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTANOL-P-COUMARATE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Seed not available 320.0 0.04 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
CAMPESTEROL 2 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATE 0 Seed 190209.0 838000.0 1.25 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATE 0 Silk Stigma Style not available 825000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 190209.0 838000.0 1.25 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Silk Stigma Style not available 825000.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
CAROTENE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARVACROL 37 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARVACROL 37 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARVACROL 37 Silk Stigma Style 144.0 216.0 not available Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Husk Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CASTASTERONE 0 Pollen Or Spore not available 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
CASTASTERONE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CELLULOSE 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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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
Antiasthmatic 13 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatheromic 1 Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990.
Antiatherosclerotic 17 Duke, 1992 *
Antiautistic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antibacillus 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 45 Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antiberiberi 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiBPH 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibradiquinic 1 Fitoterapia No.61: 277, 1990.
Antibronchitic 4 Martindale's 28th
Antibrucellosic 1 Gawron, A., Gorski*, G., Glowniak**, K. 1989. Increased proliferation of phytohaemagglutinin (PHA)-stimulated human leucocytes after 8-methoxypsoralen treatment. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 194-195, 1990.
Anticancer 15 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast) 3 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 2 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Anticancer (Colon) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Esophagus)? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticancer (Forestomach) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Kidney) 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.