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

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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
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Silk Stigma Style	not available	1300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ZEACAROTENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ZEIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETAINE	14	Root	not available	59.0	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
BETAINE	14	Shoot	not available	234.0	-0.18	Duke, 1992 *
BETAINE	14	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
BIOTIN	4	Cob	0.0	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BIPHENYL	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BISABOLOL	0	Essential Oil	not available	90000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORON	4	Seed	0.0	15.0	-0.43	Duke, 1992 *
BUTAN-1-OL	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUTENYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CADAVERINE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CADMIUM	3	Seed	0.0	1.0	0.16	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Shoot	not available	0.7	-0.70	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID-ESTER	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Seed	10.0	181.0	-0.73	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Silk Stigma Style	not available	2520.0	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
Progesteronigenic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Prolactinogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Proliferant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Prooxidant	7	Duke, 1992 *
Propecic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandigenic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Sparer	1	Fujita, T., Nakatani, E., Funaishi, N., Sakuma, S., Fujimoto, Y. Potent inhibition of prostaglandin inactivation in rabbit gastric antral mucosal slices by selenium ions in-vitro. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 655-657, 1990.
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor	8	Duke, 1992 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor	2	Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14.
Protisticide	1	Duke, 1992 *
PTK-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Pyrogenic	1	Conradson, T. B. G., Dixon, C. M. S., Clarke, B., Barnes, P. J. 1987. Cardiovascular Effects of Infused Adenosine in Man: Potentiation by Dipyridamole. Acta Physiol Scand, 129(3): 387-391.
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer	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.
Refrigerant	1	Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Renotoxic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Respirastimulant	1	Martindale's 29th
Respirodepressant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Respirotoxic	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Retinoprotectant Optometry	1	Duke, 1992 *