Specialty maize has most of free phenolics in germ whereas bound ones in pericarp.
A group of 3 important flavonoids were detected in these specialty maize genotypes.
Isoferulic acid (an isomer of ferulic acid) was abundantly present in Baby corn.
Sweet corn has the best tocotrienol/tocopherol ratio of 0.65 among the genotypes.
Free phenolics contributed negligibly in free radical scavenging.