FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2010, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (15): 304-307.doi: 10.7506/spkx1002-6630-201015066

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Application and Analysis of Corn Silk as Food: A Review

WANG Cui-na,LIU Jing-bo*,WANG Er-lei,WANG Zuo-zhao,LIU Jun,LU Shuang,ZHANG Cheng   

  1. Laboratory of Nutrition and Functional Food, College of Quartermaster Technology, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, China
  • Received:2009-10-28 Online:2010-08-15 Published:2010-12-29
  • Contact: LIU Jing-bo*, E-mail:ljb168@sohu.com

Abstract:

As a kind of traditional Chinese herb, corn silk has multiple functions. It has been widely used due to its characteristics of both medicine and food. Food industrialization and application of corn silk are summarized in this paper. Meanwhile, current problems in food industrialization of corn silk are also analyzed. Moreover, future application prospects of corn silk as food are proposed.

Key words: corn silk, food, analysis

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