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
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Silk Essent. Oil	not available	1000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZOTHIAZOLE	0	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.
BENZOXAZIONE	0	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-AMINE	0	Seed	not available	3.4	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-FORMATE	1	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.
BETA-AMYLASE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Seed	0.5	2.5	-0.27	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Silk Stigma Style	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-COPAENE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CRYPTOXANTHIN	2	Seed	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.
BETA-IONONE	13	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	12000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-IONONE	13	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.
BETA-IONONE	13	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-IONONE	13	Silk Essent. Oil	not available	1000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-IONONE	13	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	Silk Essent. Oil	not available	3000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Seed	not available	1200.0	-0.17	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Seed Oil	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).