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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
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Silk Stigma Style not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Oil 90.0 257.0 -0.32 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-YLANGENE 0 Essential Oil not available 17000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-YLANGENE 0 Husk Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-YLANGENE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-YLANGENE 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available 17000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-ZEACAROTENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-ZEIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
ALUMINUM 5 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM 5 Seed 1.0 275.0 0.09 Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM 5 Silk Stigma Style not available 213.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
AMINO-ACIDS 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AMINO-ADIPIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AMMONIA 0 Seed not available 10030.0 1.16 Duke, 1992 *
AMMONIA(NH3) 0 Seed not available 1030.0 -1.01 Duke, 1992 *
ANILINE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANTHERAXANTHIN 1 Leaf not available not available 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