Plant Zea mays (Poaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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Corn

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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
SAPONIN	0	Silk Stigma Style	23000.0	32000.0	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
SD	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Seed	0.0	0.5	-0.26	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Silk Stigma Style	not available	5.7	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SERINE	1	Seed	1530.0	6365.0	-0.81	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SEROTIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SI	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SILICON	4	Silk Stigma Style	not available	237.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SILVER	3	Seed	0.0	0.1	-0.18	Duke, 1992 *
SITOSTANOL FERULATE	0	Bran	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SITOSTANOL-P-COUMARATE	0	Bran	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Seed	0.0	757.0	0.49	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Silk Stigma Style	not available	130.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SPERMIDINE	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
SPERMINE	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
SQUALENE	10	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SQUALENE	10	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SQUALENE	10	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STARCH	5	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Seed	110.0	457.0	-0.56	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)

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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).