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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
COBALT 2 Fruit 0.0 0.8 -0.44 Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Silk Stigma Style not available 64.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
COIXOL 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Fruit 0.0 20.0 0.56 Duke, 1992 *
COUMARIC-ACID-ESTER 0 Leaf not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
COUMARIN 57 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.
CROCETIN 10 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CRYPTOXANTHIN 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CUBEBENOL 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.
CYANIDIN 7 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN 7 Silk Stigma Style not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-(6'-MALONYL-GLUCOSIDE) 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-DIMALONYL-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-GALACTOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-GALACTOSIDE-P-COUMARIC-ACID-ESTER 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-MONOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIN 5 Cob not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOARTENOL 7 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOARTENOL 7 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOEUCALENOL 3 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antidote (Iodine) 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antidote (Lead) 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Mercury) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Paracetamol) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Paraquat) 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidrepanocytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidysgeuzic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidyskinetic 4 Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antidyspeptic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidysphagic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiear-wax 1 Martindale's 29th
AntiEBV 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antieczemic 6 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic 13 Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990.
Antielastase 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiemetic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiencephalitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic 7 Martindale's 29th
Antiencephalopathic? 1 Martindale's 29th