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

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Corn

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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
COBALT	2	Fruit	0.0	0.8	-0.44	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Silk Stigma Style	not available	64.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COIXOL	4	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Fruit	0.0	20.0	0.56	Duke, 1992 *
COUMARIC-ACID-ESTER	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
COUMARIN	57	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.
CROCETIN	10	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CRYPTOXANTHIN	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CUBEBENOL	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.
CYANIDIN	7	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN	7	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-(6'-MALONYL-GLUCOSIDE)	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-DIMALONYL-GLUCOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-GALACTOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-GALACTOSIDE-P-COUMARIC-ACID-ESTER	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-MONOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYANIN	5	Cob	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOARTENOL	7	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOARTENOL	7	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOEUCALENOL	3	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Anticholinesterase?	1	L. Gracza (1985) as cited by Buchbauer re antiacetylcholinesterase.
Antichoreic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticirrhotic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticirrhotic?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticlastogen	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticlaudificant?	1	Martindale's 29th
Anticlimacteric	4	Duke, 1992 *
Anticoeliac	1	Martindale's 28th
Anticold	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticolic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticomplement	1	Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Anticomplementary	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant	7	Duke, 1992 *
Anticorneotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticoronary	7	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCrohn's	3	Martindale's 29th
AntiCRP	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCTS	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticystinuric	1	Duke, 1992 *