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 …

Ethnopharmacological relevance Diabetes mellitus remains the most lethal metabolic
disease of contemporaneous times and despite the therapeutic arsenal currently available …

This study aimed to investigate the physicochemical properties and antidiabetic effects of a
polysaccharide obtained from corn silk (PCS2). PCS2 was isolated and the physicochemical …

In the present study, Malaysian Zea mays hair extracts are screened for the occurrence of
bioactive compounds. The results positively showed the present of flavonoids, saponin …

Abstract Ethnopharmacological relevance Corn silk (Zea mays L., Stigma maydis) is an
important herb used traditionally in many parts of the world to treat array of diseases …

Corn silk is well known and frequently used in traditional Chinese herbal medicines.
Polysaccharides of corn silk (POCS), which were extracted by distilled water and …

Yellow, green, pinky and purple colored corn silk were harvested 5 and 25 days after
emergence and compared with six medicinal herbs for total phenolics, flavonoids …

Corn silk, the major byproduct obtained after corn processing, is collected in large quantities
and dumped as an agricultural waste. Corn silk, scientifically known as Maydis stigma, has a …

Ethnopharmacological relevance Corn silk or the stigma of Zea mays L. has traditionally
been used in weight loss stimulation and treatment of cystitis, urinary infections and obesity …

When harvesting corn, corn silk was discarded as waste, including the compounds isolated
and identified from corn silk such as flavonoids, sterols, alkaloids, polysaccharides, organic …