Plant Zea mays (Poaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
(-)-TRANS-ISO-MENTH-5-EN-2-OL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,1-DIPHENYL-ETHANE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	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	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,2,4-TRIMETHYL-BENZENE	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,2-DIMETHOXY-BENZENE	0	Hull Husk	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,2-DIMETHOXY-BENZENE	0	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,2-DIMETHYL-4-ETHYL-BENZENE	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,3-AMINO-PROPYL-PYRROLINIUM	0	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,3-DIMETHYL-4-ETHYL-BENZENE	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOL	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOLE	67	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-(3-METHYL-2-FURYL)PROPANE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
1-ACETO-METHYL-NAPTHONE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
1-ACETO-NAPTHONE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	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	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-O-SINAPOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-P-HYDROXY-TRANS-CINNAMOYL)-GLYCEROL	0	Seed	not available	45.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1.2	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
10-OXO-OCTADEC-TRANS-11-EN-13-OLIDE	0	Seed	not available	0.3	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2''-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOSYL-6-C-FUCOSYL-3'-METHOXY-LUTEOLIN	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	50.0	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
Urine-Deodorant	1	Martindale's 29th
Uterorelaxant	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Uterosedative	1	Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Uterotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Varroacide	3	Duke, 1992 *
Vasoconstrictor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator	12	Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor	2	Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Vermicide	1	Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Vermifuge	2	Duke, 1992 *
Vibriocide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vitamin-A-Activity	2	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	7	Duke, 1992 *
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	5	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).