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
NONAN-1-AL	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	97000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-1-AL	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-1-AL	Silk Essent. Oil	80000.0	28000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-1-OL	Essential Oil	not available	30000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-1-OL	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-1-OL	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	30000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-1-OL	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-2-OL	Essential Oil	not available	260000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-2-OL	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	132000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-2-OL	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-2-OL	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	260000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-2-OL	Silk Essent. Oil	not available	2000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-2-ONE	Essential Oil	not available	20000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-2-ONE	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-2-ONE	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	20000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-2-ONE	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
O-DIETHYL-PHTHALATE	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OBTUSIFOLIOL	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OBTUSIFOLIOL	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCT-1-EN-3-OL	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	25000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiendometriotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiendotoxic	1	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.
Antienteritic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antienterotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiesherichic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiesophagitic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antiestrogenic	4	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifatigue	9	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifeedant	14	Duke, 1992 *
Antifertility	4	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrosarcomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu	6	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antifuruncular	1	Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antigastric	1	Rastitel'nye Resursy, 21: 85.