• The Korean Journal of Food And Nutrition
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.375-379
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• 1999

Volatile components of Cornsilk(Zea mays L.) were isolated by purge and trap headspace method and were analyzed by GC and GC/MSD. A total of 44 components were identified in the cornsilk volatile coponents including 9 alcohols 7 aldehydes and ketones 14 terpenes and terpene alcohols 3 pyrazines 5 hydrocarbons and 6 miscellaneous components. The major components were 2-propanol(8.08%) pen-tanol(1.82%) hexanol(2.86%) hexanal(3.68%) heptanal(7.40%) nonanal(7.93%) decanal (2.04%) $\alpha$-copaene(2.20%) limonene(1.68%) $\alpha$-selinene(1.03%) $\beta$-selinene(1.03%)

• Korean Journal of Plant Resources
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.319-323
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• 1997

Effect of various fraction from corn silk on alcohol metaholism in rats were examined and the results were as follows: ethanol souhle fraction. after a single oral administration to rats. was found to cause a significant deL'I'ease in the serum ethanol concentration as well as enh.lJ1cement of liver eytosolie ADH activity, on the other hand. the fraction imouhle in ethanol was found to cause an increase in the blood ethanol concentration and inhihit ADH activity.