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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
(-)-TRANS-ISO-MENTH-5-EN-2-OL 0 Plant *
1,1-DIPHENYL-ETHANE 0 Leaf Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
1,2,3-TRIMETHYL-BENZENE 0 Silk Stigma Style *
1,2,4-TRIMETHYL-BENZENE 0 Silk Stigma Style *
1,2-DIMETHOXY-BENZENE 0 Hull Husk *
1,2-DIMETHOXY-BENZENE 0 Husk Essent. Oil *
1,2-DIMETHYL-4-ETHYL-BENZENE 0 Silk Stigma Style *
1,3-AMINO-PROPYL-PYRROLINIUM 0 Sprout Seedling *
1,3-DIMETHYL-4-ETHYL-BENZENE 0 Silk Stigma Style *
1,8-CINEOL 0 Silk Stigma Style *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Silk Stigma Style *
1-(3-METHYL-2-FURYL)PROPANE 0 Leaf Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
1-ACETO-METHYL-NAPTHONE 0 Leaf Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
1-ACETO-NAPTHONE 0 Leaf Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
1-O-FERULOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf *
1-O-SINAPOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf *
1-P-HYDROXY-TRANS-CINNAMOYL)-GLYCEROL 0 Seed 45.0 *
1.2 0 Seed *
10-OXO-OCTADEC-TRANS-11-EN-13-OLIDE 0 Seed 0.3 *
2''-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOSYL-6-C-FUCOSYL-3'-METHOXY-LUTEOLIN 0 Silk Stigma Style 50.0 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Tracheorelaxant 2 *
Tranquilizer 4 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Transdermal 8 *
Tremorigenic 1 Martindale's 28th
Tremorilytic 1 Martindale's 28th
Trichomonicide 9 Martindale's 29th
Trichomonistat 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Triglycerigenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Trypsin-Enhancer 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-93.
Tumor-Promoter 2 *
Tumorigenic 3 Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 5 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Ubiquiot 10 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 4 Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.
Uricogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Uricosuric 5 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant 1 Martindale's 29th
Urinary-Antiseptic 1 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.
Urine-Acidifier 1 Martindale's 28th