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
CHELIDONIC-ACID	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHELIDONIC-ACID	2	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHITINASE A	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHITINASE B	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHLORINE	7	Fruit	not available	330.0	-0.46	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLESTEROL	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLESTEROL	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLESTEROL	1	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE	20	Root	not available	36.0	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE	20	Seed	not available	430.0	-1.17	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE	20	Shoot	not available	85.0	-0.65	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Seed	0.0	1.7	-0.44	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Silk Stigma Style	not available	13.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSANTHEMIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSANTHEMIN	0	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSANTHEMIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER	1	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLOL	15	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.

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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).