Extractum Maidis Liquidum, B.P.C. Liquid Extract of Maize Stigmas.

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Related entries: Corn Silk

Synonyms.—Liquid Extract of Zea; Liquid Extract of Corn Silk.

Maize Stigmas, in No. 40 powder 100.00 | 20 ounces
Alcohol (45 per cent.) ... to 100.00 | to 20 fl. ounces

Moisten the drug with the alcohol, pack in a percolator, cover the mass with more alcohol, and allow to macerate for twenty-four hours; then exhaust by percolation with the alcohol. Reserve the first 90 (18 fluid ounces) of percolate, concentrate the subsequent percolate to a soft extract, dissolve this in the reserved portion and add sufficient of the alcohol to make up to the required volume.
Dose.—4 to 8 mils (1 to 2 fluid drachms).


The British Pharmaceutical Codex, 1911, was published by direction of the Council of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.