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

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
GALACTOXYLASE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID	62	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-CAROTENE	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.
GAMMA-NONALACTONE	2	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-SITOSTEROL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL	14	Oil	not available	752.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
GEOSMIN	0	Essential Oil	not available	4000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GEOSMIN	0	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	2000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GEOSMIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GEOSMIN	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	4000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GEOSMIN	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIAL	13	Hull Husk	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIAL	13	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL	35	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERANYL-ACETONE	2	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERANYL-ACETONE	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERANYL-ACETONE	2	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLINS	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLOBULIN	0	Seed	4500.0	6000.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE	7	Fruit	2000.0	5000.0	-0.84	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Anticystitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticytotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidandruff	5	A.L.L. Hunting. Encyclopedia of Shampoo Ingredients. Micelle Press, Cranford NJ. 467 pp.
Antidecubitic	3	Martindale's 28th
Antideliriant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidementia	8	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidepressant	14	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidepressant?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidermatitic	9	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antidiabetic	17	Duke, 1992 *
Antidiabetic?	2	Martindale's 29th
Antidiarrheic	3	Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Antidiscotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidiuretic	3	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Mar-92.
Antidote (Acetaminophen)	1	Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Aluminum)	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antidote (Cadmium)	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Heavy Metals)	1	Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Hydrazine)	1	Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Hypoglycin-A)	1	Martindale's 29th