ZEA MAYS SILK EXTRACT
ZEA MAYS SILK EXTRACT is an extract obtained from the stigmas of Zea mays L., the maize plant. The stigmas are the fine threads attached to the ear, commonly called corn silk; the name therefore refers to that floral part rather than to the whole kernel.
ZEA MAYS SILK EXTRACT: what it is
ZEA MAYS SILK EXTRACT is an extract obtained from the stigmas of Zea mays L., the maize plant. The stigmas are the fine threads attached to the ear, commonly called corn silk; the name therefore refers to that floral part rather than to the whole kernel.
Corn silk extract is not the same cosmetic ingredient as corn oil, starch, or flour. Reviews of corn silk describe plant compounds including flavonoids, polyphenols, phenolic acids, fatty acids, and terpenoids, whose presence and proportion can vary with the way the extract is prepared.
ZEA MAYS SILK EXTRACT: what it does in cosmetics
In skin-care products, corn silk extract is used for skin conditioning. In everyday terms, that function relates to helping a product leave the skin in good condition in appearance and feel after application; it is not a treatment indication.
Research on corn silk brings together plant preparations studied mainly in pharmacological settings and does not show that this INCI extract in a topical cosmetic treats acne, wrinkles, dark spots, wounds, or disease. Seeing it on an ingredient list identifies the corn-stigma extract, but it cannot by itself predict a product's result on the skin.
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