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	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
TRYPTAMINE	4	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
TRYPTOPHAN	29	Cotyledon	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN	29	Seed	230.0	957.0	-0.81	Duke, 1992 *
TYPHASTEROL	0	Pollen Or Spore	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE	8	Seed	1230.0	5117.0	-0.61	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
UNDEC-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL	0	Silk Essent. Oil	not available	2000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
UNDECAN-1-AL	0	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
UNDECAN-2-OL	0	Essential Oil	not available	45000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
UNDECAN-2-OL	0	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
UNDECAN-2-OL	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	45000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
UNDECAN-2-OL	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
UNDECAN-2-ONE	0	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
UREASE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
URIDINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
URONIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALINE	3	Seed	1850.0	7696.0	-0.53	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VANADIUM	16	Seed	0.1	1.4	0.69	Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIC-ACID	24	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIC-ACID	24	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIN	28	Cob	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.