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Plant Zea mays (Poaceae)

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
QUERCETIN-3-O-ALPHA-D-RHAMNOSYL-O-BETA-L-GALACTOSIDE? 0 Pollen Or Spore not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 2 Pollen Or Spore not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL-O-ALPHA-L-GALACTOSIDE? 0 Pollen Or Spore not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-O-BETA-D-NEOHESPEROSIDE 0 Pollen Or Spore not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-O-GLUCOSIDE-3'-O-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Pollen Or Spore not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUINIC-ACID 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RAFFINOSE 1 Fruit 1000.0 3000.0 -1.00 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
RESIN 0 Silk Stigma Style not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
RHAMNOGALACTURONAN-I 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RHAMNOSE 0 Silk Stigma Style not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Cob 1.0 3.0 not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 1.0 4.0 -0.22 Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Silk Stigma Style not available 1.5 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
RIBONUCLEASE 2 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RICINOLEIC-ACID 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RUBISCO 0 Plant 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.
SABINOL 5 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.
SALICYLATES 7 Fruit 1.0 5.0 -0.32 Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Leaf not available not available 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).