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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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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CYCLOSADOL 1 Seed *
CYCLOSADOL 1 Seed Oil *
CYCLOSATIVENE 0 Leaf *
CYSTATHIONE 0 Plant *
CYSTINE 2 Seed 260.0 1082.0 -1.44 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CYTOCHROME-C 0 Plant Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
D-GLUCURONIC-ACID 0 Plant *
DAUCOSTEROL 5 Silk Stigma Style 440.0 *
DEC-TRANS-2-CIS-4-DIEN-1-AL 0 Plant *
DEC-TRANS-2-CIS-4-DIEN-1-AL 0 Silk Essent. Oil 7000.0 *
DEC-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL 0 Husk Essent. Oil *
DEC-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL 0 Silk Essent. Oil 3000.0 *
DEC-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-DIEN-1-AL 0 Husk Essent. Oil 37000.0 *
DEC-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-DIEN-1-AL 0 Plant *
DEC-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-DIEN-1-AL 0 Silk Essent. Oil 6000.0 20000.0 *
DECA-TRANS-2,TRANS-4-DIEN-1-AL 0 Husk Essent. Oil 37000.0 *
DECA-TRANS-2,TRANS-4-DIEN-1-AL 0 Seed Essent. Oil *
DECA-TRANS-2,TRANS-4-DIEN-1-AL 0 Silk Stigma Style *
DECA-TRANS-2-CIS-4-DIEN-1-AL 0 Husk Essent. Oil 13000.0 *
DECA-TRANS-2-CIS-4-DIEN-1-AL 0 Seed Essent. Oil *
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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 *
Prooxidant 7 *
Propecic 6 *
Prostaglandigenic 5 *
Prostaglandin-Inhibitor 1 *
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 *
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 *
PTK-Inhibitor 1 *
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 *
Respirotoxic 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Retinoprotectant Optometry 1 *