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Scandinavian Formulas
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800-688-2276 |
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mikep@scandinavianformulas.com |
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Product Name:Corn Silk
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| CORN SILK Basic information |
Product Name: | CORN SILK | Synonyms: | CORN SILK | CAS: | | MF: | | MW: | 0 | EINECS: | | Product Categories: | | Mol File: | Mol File | ![CORN SILK Structure]() |
| CORN SILK Chemical Properties |
| CORN SILK Usage And Synthesis |
Chemical Properties | Corn silk is the fresh style and stigmas of Zia mays L., collected when the corn is in milk. The filaments are extracted
with dilute ethanol to produce corn silk extract. | Composition | Corn silk is rich in potassium salts. Other constituents are 12% polyphenoles (tannins), flavonoids, lipids (about 2% fatty oils),
3.8% gums, 2.7% resin, 3.2% saponines, 1.2% butter glycosides, possibly up to 0.85% alkaloids, vitamins C and K, sitosterol, stigmasterol,
plant acids, anthocyanins, reducing sugars, glucides, 0.1 to 0.2% essential oil with 18% carvacrol and other terpenes, mucilage (CoE, 2000). |
| CORN SILK Preparation Products And Raw materials |
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