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	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
OCT-1-EN-3-OL	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCT-1-EN-3-OL	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCT-1-EN-3-OL	Silk Essent. Oil	not available	1000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCT-1-EN-3-OL	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCT-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	37000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCT-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCT-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL	Silk Essent. Oil	not available	1000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCT-TRANS-2-EN-1-OL	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	10000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCT-TRANS-2-EN-1-OL	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCT-TRANS-2-EN-1-OL	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTA-3-5-DIEN-2-ONE	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTA-3-5-DIENE-2-ONE	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTA-TRANS-2-TRANS-5-DIEN-2-ONE	Silk Essent. Oil	not available	2000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTADECADIENOIC-ACID	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTADECATRIENOIC-ACID	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTADECENOIC-ACID	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-1-AL	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-1-OL	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-1-OL	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-1-OL	Silk Essent. Oil	5000.0	10000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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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).