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The effects of corn silk on glycaemic metabolism
BACKGROUND: Corn silk contains proteins, vitamins, carbohydrates, Ca, K, Mg and Na salts, fixed and volatile oils, steroids such as sitosterol and stigmasterol, alkaloids, saponins, tannins, and flavonoids. Base on folk remedies, corn silk has been used as an oral antidiabetic agent in China for dec...
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Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2009
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2785813/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19930631 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1743-7075-6-47 |