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	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
HEX-TRANS-3-EN-1-OL	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXA-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-DIEN-1-AL	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXADECENOIC-ACID	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-AL	Hull Husk	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-AL	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	50000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-AL	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-AL	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-AL	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-AL	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-AL	Silk Essent. Oil	2000.0	10000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-OL	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	62000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-OL	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-OL	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-OL	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-OL	Silk Essent. Oil	2000.0	10000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-OL	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-2-OL	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-2-ONE	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-2-ONE	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-2-ONE	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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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