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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
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Silk Essent. Oil not available 1000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZOTHIAZOLE 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.
BENZOXAZIONE 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-AMINE 0 Seed not available 3.4 not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-FORMATE 1 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.
BETA-AMYLASE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Seed 0.5 2.5 -0.27 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Silk Stigma Style not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-COPAENE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CRYPTOXANTHIN 2 Seed not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
BETA-IONONE 13 Husk Essent. Oil not available 12000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-IONONE 13 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.
BETA-IONONE 13 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-IONONE 13 Silk Essent. Oil not available 1000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-IONONE 13 Silk Stigma Style not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Silk Essent. Oil not available 3000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Seed not available 1200.0 -0.17 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Seed Oil 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 *