Corn silk

Snook, M.E. et al.. New C-4"-hydroxy derivatives of maysin and 3 -methox5maysin isolated from corn silks Zea mays), J. Agric. Food Chem., 43, 2740, 1995. 

CORN SILK and CORN SILK EXTRACT see CNSlOO... 

Damage Larvae severely damage corn roots adults feed on pollen and corn silk, damaging ears and interfering with pollination larvae also spread bacterial wilt. 

Protection Offered Mineral oil works physically, trapping pests on plant surfaces and gumming up their wings and body coatings, causing suffocation. Placed on wilted corn silks, mineral oil prevents corn earworms from crawling down into the husks to feed. 

Corn silk Stigmata maidis) is the pistil of the corn plant. 

Zea. Corn silk. Fresh styles and stigmas o[ Zen mays L., Gramineae. Habit. Found on all continents except Antarctica. Comfit Maizenic acid, fixed oil, resin, mucilage. 

In rats administered corn silk as 0.5%, 2.0% and 8.0% (w/w) of the diet for 90 days, no adverse changes in body weight, food consumption, hematology, blood chemistry, organ weights, or gross and microscopic appearance of tissues were observed. The authors of this study indicated that the no-observed-adverse-effect level (NOAEL) of corn silk is at least 8.0%, which corresponds to a mean daily corn silk intake of approximately 9.354 g/kg for males and 10.308 g/ kg for females (Wang et al 2011). 

Individual corn silks, approximately 5 g per ear, were analyzed by reversed... 

Corn-Pro 35, Corn protein hydrolysate. See Hydrolyzed corn protein Corn silk extract. See Com (Zea mays) silk extract... 

Corn silk is reported to contain 2.5% fats, 0.12% volatile oil, 3.8% gums, 2.7% resin, 1.15% bitter glucosidic substances, 3.18%... 

A crystalline constituent from an aqueous extract of corn silk has also been reported to be hypotensive and to stimulate uterine contraction in rabbits. ... 

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