Plant Zea mays (Poaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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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
PHENYLALANINE	7	Seed	1500.0	6240.0	-0.63	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHENYLALANINE-AMMONIA-LYASE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHATIDYL-CHOLINE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHATIDYL-ETHANOLAMINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHATIDYL-INOSITOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHOENOL-PYRUVATE	0	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHOLIPIDS	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Seed	600.0	4066.0	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Silk Stigma Style	not available	287.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYLLOQUINONE	5	Fruit	not available	0.0	-0.23	Duke, 1992 *
PHYLLOQUINONE	5	Oil	not available	0.0	-1.06	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTATE	0	Seed	310.0	6400.0	-0.77	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTIC-ACID	9	Pollen Or Spore	not available	2600.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTIC-ACID	9	Seed	7200.0	12900.0	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOFLUENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOHAEMAGGLUTININ	2	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS	2	Seed	600.0	2800.0	0.12	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
POTASSIUM	14	Seed	2400.0	11450.0	-0.10	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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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 *