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ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: 

Hafsa Khan & Ankit Mishra, The effect of corn silk herbal tea as an immunity booster and its multidisciplinary activity, ASIO Journal of Pharmaceutical & Herbal Medicines Research (ASIO-JPHMR), 2020, 6(1), 37-41

Affiliation: Shri Ram Murti Smarak College of Engineering and Technology (Pharmacy), Bareilly-243202, (U.P.), India

DOI :10.2016-19146535/ ; DOI Link :: http://doi-ds.org/doilink/06.2020-71584112/

ABSTRACT:

 Herbal tea is basically an herbal mixture made from leaves, seeds or roots of various plants. There is several “tisanes” (i.e.) herbal tea that has been used for their medicinal properties. Likewise, a research formulation is done on not so common ingredients including corn silk and stevia (along with lemon and cardamom) and a highly effective herbal tea is prepared in the form of tea bags. This tea not only start a good day with a soothing effect but also has wide range of pharmacological actions that include anti-diabetic, anti-hypertensive, anti-depressing, anti-inflammatory, prevent urinary tract infections and many more. Also, in order to prevent mistakes in traditional methods, to maintain a microbiologically safe product while allowing them to be consumed in every season, to find out value added material usage in beverage sector, herbal extracts are produced like the corn silk herbal tea. The corn silk herbal tea is rich source of natural bioactive compounds like carotenoids, flavonoids, terpenoids, saponins, phenolic acids and many more.

KEY WORDS:  Corn silk, Stevia, Anti-diabetic, Anti-oxidant, Biological description, Pharmacological description

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