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Plant Zea mays (Poaceae)

Common Names
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
DIHYDRO-PHASEIC-ACID 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROSITOSTEROL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIMBOA-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DIMETHYL-AMINE 2 Seed 1.1 3.5 -0.32 Duke, 1992 *
DIOXYCINNAMIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DODECAN-1-AL 0 Husk Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DODECAN-1-AL 0 Silk Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ENT-17-HYDROXY-KAUR-15-EN-19-OIC ACID 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ENT-KAUR-15-EN-17-BETA-OL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Silk Stigma Style 800.0 1200.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ERGOSTEROL 5 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ERGOSTEROL 5 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.
ESTRONE 8 Seed Oil not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHANOL 24 Silk Stigma Style not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-ACETATE 6 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-ACETATE 6 Silk Stigma Style not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-AMINE 0 Seed not available 2.4 0.25 Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-AMINE 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-METHYL-AMINE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-PHENYLACETATE 1 Silk Essent. Oil 250000.0 740000.0 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
Tracheorelaxant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Tranquilizer 4 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Transdermal 8 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Tumorigenic 3 Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 5 Duke, 1992 *
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