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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
LYSINE 4 Seed 1370.0 5699.0 -0.87 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM 65 Seed 100.0 1600.0 -0.53 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Silk Stigma Style 1790.0 *
MALEIC-ACID 0 Plant *
MALIC-ACID 15 Plant *
MALIC-ACID 15 Silk Stigma Style Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
MALIC-ACID-DEHYDROGENASE 0 Plant *
MALONIC-ACID 1 Plant *
MALTOSYL-TRANSFERASE 0 Plant *
MANGANESE 14 Seed 0.8 63.0 0.12 *
MANGANESE 14 Silk Stigma Style 34.0 -1.00 *
MANNOSE 3 Plant 1.0 7.0 *
MAYSIN 3 Leaf *
MAYSIN 3 Silk Stigma Style *
MELATONIN 23 Seed 0.0 Hattori, A., et. al. 1995. Identification of Melatonin in Plants and its Effects on Plasma Melatonin Levels and Binding to Melatonin Receptors in Vertebrates. Biochem. Mol. Biol. Int., 35(3): 627-634.
MENTHOL 63 Leaf Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
MENTHOL 63 Silk Stigma Style Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
MERCURY 1 Seed 0.0 0.1 -0.30 *
MESO-INOSITOL 0 Pollen Or Spore *
METHIONINE 15 Pollen Or Spore *
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Antiasthmatic 13 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherogenic 1 *
Antiatheromic 1 Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990.
Antiatherosclerotic 17 *
Antiautistic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antibacillus 1 *
Antibackache 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 45 Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antiberiberi 1 *
AntiBPH 1 *
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 *
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 *
Anticancer (Esophagus)? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticancer (Forestomach) 2 *
Anticancer (Kidney) 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.