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
PHENYLALANINE	7	Seed	1500.0	6240.0	-0.63	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHENYLALANINE-AMMONIA-LYASE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHATIDYL-CHOLINE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHATIDYL-ETHANOLAMINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHATIDYL-INOSITOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHOENOL-PYRUVATE	0	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHOLIPIDS	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Seed	600.0	4066.0	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Silk Stigma Style	not available	287.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYLLOQUINONE	5	Fruit	not available	0.0	-0.23	Duke, 1992 *
PHYLLOQUINONE	5	Oil	not available	0.0	-1.06	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTATE	0	Seed	310.0	6400.0	-0.77	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTIC-ACID	9	Pollen Or Spore	not available	2600.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTIC-ACID	9	Seed	7200.0	12900.0	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOFLUENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOHAEMAGGLUTININ	2	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS	2	Seed	600.0	2800.0	0.12	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
POTASSIUM	14	Seed	2400.0	11450.0	-0.10	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).