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
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
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).