Steinmetz:Zea

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Zea mays

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)
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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