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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
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 *