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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
OCTAN-1-OL 0 Silk Stigma Style *
OCTAN-2-OL 0 Essential Oil 20000.0 *
OCTAN-2-OL 0 Husk Essent. Oil 12000.0 *
OCTAN-2-OL 0 Plant *
OCTAN-2-OL 0 Seed Essent. Oil 20000.0 *
OCTAN-2-OL 0 Silk Stigma Style *
OCTAN-2-ONE 0 Essential Oil *
OCTAN-2-ONE 0 Husk Essent. Oil *
OCTAN-2-ONE 0 Seed Essent. Oil *
OLEANOLIC-ACID 64 Silk Stigma Style *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 3470.0 14435.0 -0.86 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ORIENTIN 4 Silk Stigma Style *
OXALIC-ACID 9 Fruit 99.0 -0.30 Watt, J.M. and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. 1962. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. E. & S. Livingstone, Ltd. Edinburg & London. 1457 pp.
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Seed 4.0 46.0 -0.41 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Shoot 1.0 -0.71 Jim Duke's personal files.
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Sprout Seedling *
P-HYDROXYBENZALDEHYDE 4 Cob *
P-VINYL-GUAIACOL 0 Husk Essent. Oil *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 1710.0 7114.0 -0.55 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Silk Stigma Style *
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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 *