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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Zea mays (Poaceae)

Common Names
Corn
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
HEXENYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 0 Seed *
HISTIDINE 7 Embryo *
HISTIDINE 7 Seed 890.0 3702.0 -0.64 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
HORDENINE 8 Silk Stigma Style Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
HYDROXAMIC-ACID 0 Leaf *
INDOLE 15 Leaf Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
INDOLE 15 Shoot *
INDOLE-3-ACETIC-ACID 7 Cotyledon *
INDOLE-3-ACETIC-ACID 7 Juice *
INDOLE-3-ACETIC-ACID 7 Root *
INDOLE-3-ACETIC-ACID 7 Seed *
INDOLE-3-ACETIC-ACID-CELLULOSIGLUCAN 0 Seed *
INDOLE-3-ACETIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Seed *
INDOLE-3-ACETIC-ACID-MYOINOSITOL 0 Seed *
INDOLE-3-BUTYRIC-ACID 3 Leaf *
INDOLE-3-BUTYRIC-ACID 3 Seed *
INOSITOL 8 Plant *
IODINE 12 Seed 0.0 -0.28 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
IRON 6 Seed 5.0 41.0 -0.51 *
IRON 6 Silk Stigma Style 504.0 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticancer (Liver) 4 *
Anticancer (Lung) 2 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Pancreas) 1 *
Anticancer (Prostate) 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Anticancer (Skin) 4 *
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 *
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 *
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 *