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Plant Zea mays (Poaceae)

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
HEPTAN-2-OL 0 Silk Essent. Oil 10000.0 20000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HEPTAN-2-OL 0 Silk Stigma Style not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEPTAN-2-ONE 0 Husk Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEPTAN-2-ONE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEPTAN-2-ONE 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available 15000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-1-EN-3-OL 0 Silk Stigma Style not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-CIS-3-EN-1-AL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-CIS-3-EN-1-OL 0 Husk Essent. Oil not available 52000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-CIS-3-EN-1-OL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-CIS-3-EN-1-OL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-CIS-3-EN-1-OL 0 Silk Essent. Oil not available 5000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-CIS-3-EN-1-OL 0 Silk Stigma Style not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-CIS-3-EN-1-YL-ACETATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL 0 Husk Essent. Oil not available 68000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL 0 Silk Stigma Style not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-TRANS-2-EN-1-OL 0 Silk Stigma Style not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-DIEN-1-AL 0 Silk Essent. Oil not available 3000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-TRANS-3-EN-1-OL 0 Silk Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Anticancer (Liver) 4 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung) 2 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Pancreas) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Prostate) 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Anticancer (Skin) 4 Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticarcinogenic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticarcinomic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticarcinomic (Breast) 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticardiospasmic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic 12 Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticarpal-Tunnel 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract 10 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticatarrh 1 Martindale's 29th
Anticephalagic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticervicaldysplasic 5 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiCFS 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic 5 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticholinesterase 2 Duke, 1992 *