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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
3,7-DIHYDROXY-INDOLIN-2-ONE-3-ACETIC-ACID-7'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-7-DIHYDROXY-INDOLIN-2-ONE-3-ACETIC ACID 7'-O-BETA-GLUCOSIDE 0 Seed not available 1.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
3-FERULOYLQUINIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYL-BUTAN-1-OL 0 Silk Stigma Style not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYL-INDOLE 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.
3-O-CAFFEOYLQUINIC-ACID 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-O-COUMARYLQUINIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-ACETYL-BENZOXAZOLIN-2-ONE 0 Fruit not available 27.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
4-ETHYL-GUAIACOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-ETHYLPHENOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-HYDROXYBENZALDEHYDE 3 Cob not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-METHYL-GUAIACOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-VINYL-4-DEETHYL-CHLOROPHYLL-A 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-VINYL-GUAIACOL 4 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-VINYL-PHENOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5,6-DIHYDRO-2-PYRAN-2-CARBOXALDEHYDE 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.
5-DEHYDRO-AVENASTEROL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5-DEHYDRO-AVENASTEROL 0 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5-HYDROXY-TRANS-FERULIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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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 *