Corn silk (Stigma maydis) is an important herb used traditionally by the Chinese, and Native
Americans to treat many diseases. It is also used as traditional medicine in many parts of the …

There is increasing interest in the health and wellness benefits of herbs and botanicals. This
is with good reason as they might offer a natural safeguard against the development of …

Traditionally corn silk (CS) has been used as diuretic, antilithiasic, uricosuric, and antiseptic.
It is used for the treatment of edema as well as for cystitis, gout, kidney stones, nephritis, and …

This study was designed to evaluate both the antioxidant and free-radical scavenging
activities of extract and fractions from corn silk. N-butanol fraction (BF) demonstrated the …

Background The use of medicinal plants is an option for livestock farmers who are not
allowed to use allopathic drugs under certified organic programs or cannot afford to use …

Ethanopharmacological relevance The process of formation or appearance of a urinary
stone anywhere in the renal tract is known as urolithiasis. It is a longstanding health …

Water-soluble corn silk polysaccharides (CSPS) were chemically modified to obtain their
sulfated, acetylated and carboxymethylated derivatives. Chemical characterization and …

Cornsilk is maize waste containing phenolic compounds. In this study, freeze-drying, spray-
drying, and microwave-drying techniques were evaluated for the encapsulation of cornsilk's …

Background Corn silk contains proteins, vitamins, carbohydrates, Ca, K, Mg and Na salts,
fixed and volatile oils, steroids such as sitosterol and stigmasterol, alkaloids, saponins …

A total of 36 compounds, which comprised 99.4% of the extract, were identified by gas
chromatography and mass spectrometry (GC–MS) in the volatile dichloromethane extract …