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

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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
THREONINE	4	Seed	1290.0	5366.0	-0.62	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
THYMOL	71	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THYMOL	71	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THYMOL	71	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.
TIN	4	Seed	1.0	1.8	-0.40	Duke, 1992 *
TIN	4	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TITANIUM	0	Seed	0.1	63.0	1.61	Duke, 1992 *
TOCOPHEROLS	0	Seed	900.0	1000.0	0.07	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-24-METHYL-23-DEHYDRO-LOPHENOL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-24-METHYL-23-DEHYDRO-LOPHENOL	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-BETA-FARNESENE	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-BETA-FARNESENE	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-FERULIC-ACID	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
TRANS-FERULIC-ACID	2	Seed	not available	1800.0	1.39	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-ISO-MENTH-5-EN-2-OL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-SINAPIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRICARBALLYL-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRICIN-GLYCOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRIDECAN-1-AL	0	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRIGONELLINE	15	Seed	not available	4.0	-0.47	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).