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
ANTHRANILIC-ACID	6	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANTHRANILIC-ACID-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APIFOROL	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIDIN	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN-GLYCOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APS-SULFOTRANSFERASE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARABINOSE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Seed	1310.0	5450.0	-0.81	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ARSENIC	2	Seed	0.0	0.2	1.60	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Seed	0.0	85.0	-0.29	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Silk Stigma Style	not available	11.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Seed	10000.0	90000.0	1.27	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	33000.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Seed	2440.0	10150.0	-1.10	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASTRAGALIN	7	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BARIUM	0	Seed	0.0	14.0	-0.26	Duke, 1992 *
BAZZANENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Shoot	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).