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
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Oil	90.0	257.0	-0.32	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-YLANGENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	17000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-YLANGENE	0	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-YLANGENE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-YLANGENE	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	17000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-ZEACAROTENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-ZEIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
ALUMINUM	5	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Seed	1.0	275.0	0.09	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Silk Stigma Style	not available	213.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AMINO-ACIDS	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AMINO-ADIPIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AMMONIA	0	Seed	not available	10030.0	1.16	Duke, 1992 *
AMMONIA(NH3)	0	Seed	not available	1030.0	-1.01	Duke, 1992 *
ANILINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANTHERAXANTHIN	1	Leaf	not available	not available	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).