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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
SAPONIN 0 Silk Stigma Style 23000.0 32000.0 not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
SD 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM 60 Seed 0.0 0.5 -0.26 Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM 60 Silk Stigma Style not available 5.7 not available Duke, 1992 *
SERINE 1 Seed 1530.0 6365.0 -0.81 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SEROTIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SI 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SILICON 4 Silk Stigma Style not available 237.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SILVER 3 Seed 0.0 0.1 -0.18 Duke, 1992 *
SITOSTANOL FERULATE 0 Bran not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SITOSTANOL-P-COUMARATE 0 Bran not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Seed 0.0 757.0 0.49 Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Silk Stigma Style not available 130.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SPERMIDINE 1 Seed not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
SPERMINE 1 Seed not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
SQUALENE 10 Pollen Or Spore not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SQUALENE 10 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SQUALENE 10 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STARCH 5 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 110.0 457.0 -0.56 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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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
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.