Zea Mays,Sweet Corn,the uses and benefit of corn.maize...

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Uses for maize(Corn).

Sweet corn Extract INCI Name Zea Mays Extract CAS 84696-06-0 photo picture image Coffee; Oil; Pollen; Seed; Stem.

 Seed - raw or cooked. Corn is one of the most commonly grown foods in the world. The seed can be eaten raw or cooked before it is fully ripe and there are varieties especially developed for this purpose (the sweet corns) that have very sweet seeds and are delicious. The mature seed can be dried and used whole or ground into a flour. It has a very mild flavour and is used especially as a thickening agent in foods such as custards. The starch is often extracted from the grain and used in making confectionery, noodles etc. The dried seed of certain varieties can be heated in an oven when they burst to make Popcorn. The seed can also be sprouted and used in making uncooked breads and cereals. A nutritional analysis is available.
 The fresh succulent 'silks' (the flowering parts of the cob) can also be eaten.
 An edible oil is obtained from the seed, it is an all-purpose culinary oil that is frequently used as a food in salads and for cooking purposes.
 Sweet corn Extract INCI Name Zea Mays Extract CAS 84696-06-0 photo picture image

 The pollen is used as an ingredient of soups. Rich in protein, it is harvested by tapping the flowering heads over a flat surface such as a bowl. Harvesting the pollen will actually help to improve fertilisation of the seeds.
 The roasted seed is a coffee substitute.
 The pith of the stem is chewed like sugar cane and is sometimes made into a syrup
 Documented Properties and Actions: Demulcent, Diuretic, Stimulant, Tonic
 Sweet corn Extract INCI Name Zea Mays Extract CAS 84696-06-0 photo picture image

 The grain is taken from the husk by hand, and when ground upon stones, makes an excellent flour, of which it yields much more, with much less bran, than wheat does, and exceeds it in crust, pancakes, puddings, and all other uses except bread; but a sweetness peculiar to it, which in all other cases makes it agreeable, is here less so. It is excellent for feeding horses, poultry and hogs, and fattens them much better and sooner than peas or barley. The stems make better hedges for kitchen garden than reeds do. It clears the ground from weeds, and makes a good season for any other kind of grain. It was the only bread-grain known in America when first discovered by the Spaniardss, and is there called maize.

 The primary uses for corn in North America are the production of corn sweeteners, as a feed for livestock, and the production of ethanol. Ethanol, a type of alcohol, is mostly used as an additive in gasoline to increase the octane rating. Many scientists speculate that fuel ethanol will mostly be produced from switchgrass and other biomass sources in the future.
 In 1940, Barbara McClintock received the Nobel Prize in Medicine for discovery of the first transposons in maize.

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