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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
2-O-P-COUMAROYL-HYDROXY-CITRIC-ACID 0 Shoot *
2-PENTYL-FURAN 0 Essential Oil 10000.0 *
2-PENTYL-FURAN 0 Husk Essent. Oil 29000.0 *
2-PENTYL-FURAN 0 Plant *
2-PENTYL-FURAN 0 Seed Essent. Oil 10000.0 *
2-PENTYL-FURAN 0 Silk Essent. Oil 3000.0 *
2-PENTYL-FURAN 0 Silk Stigma Style *
2-PHENYLALDEHYDE 0 Leaf Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
2-THIOPHENE-ACETALDEHYDE 0 Leaf Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
24-ETHYL-CHOLESTEROL 0 Root *
24-ETHYLIDENE-LOPHENOL 0 Shoot *
24-METHYL-23-DEHYDRO-CHOLESTEROL 0 Seed Oil *
24-METHYL-CHOLESTEROL 0 Root *
24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTANOL 5 Shoot *
24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTENOL 0 Plant Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
24-METHYLENE-LOPHENOL 0 Shoot *
28-NORCASTASTERONE 0 Seed *
3'-METHOXYMAYSIN 0 Silk Stigma Style *
3'-NUCLEOTIDASE 0 Tissue Culture *
3'-O-METHYL-MAYSIN 0 Silk Stigma Style *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Roborant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Rodenticide 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Rubefacient 3 *
Scabicide 1 Martindale's 29th
Schizophrenigenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Sclerosant 1 Martindale's 29th
Secretogogue 3 *
Secretomotor 1 *
Sedative 19 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Sequestrant 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Serotoninergic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Sialogogue 1 Martindale's 29th
Soap 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spasmogenic 3 *
Spasmolytic 1 *
Spermicide 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Spermigenic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Sprout-Inhibitor 1 Duke, J.A.. Personal Communication.
Stimulant 1 *
Styptic 1 *