- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Gramineae
- English Names
- Maize
- Turkish corn
- Corn Silk
- Indian Corn
- Natural Habitat
- Europe
- North- and South America
- India
- Africa
- Australia and subtropical countries
- Part(s) Used
- Amylum Maydis
- Stigmata Maydis (the stigmas from the female ftowers)
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- Constituent(s)
- maizenic acid
- resin
- fixed oil
- mannite
- sugar
- salts
- gum
- mucilage
- chlorophyll
- albuminoids
- cellulose
- amidon
- dextrine
- glucose
- bitter principle
- enzymes
- Action
- flour: nutritive
- stomachic
- alterative
- demulcent
- stimulant
- lithotripsy; stigma: diuretic
- anodyne
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