1.5 Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Pharmaceutics 

The potential possibility of using food production waste to obtain products for medical and cosmetic use

Corn waste pharmacology cobs cosmetics

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The article reviews some studies on the possibility of using production waste from the cobs of two types of corn (white and purple) to obtain a number of substances that are used, mainly in medicine and cosmetics. Data is provided on their chemical composition, the possibility of use in medicine, and on enzymatic production through a number of drugs, organic acids, enzyme preparations, alcohols and some others. The possibility of obtaining cosmetics is shown. In particular, powders of various types, creams, lotions. Many substances are obtained from corn cobs for further use in cosmetics and the food industry - powders, flour (for obtaining a special type of bread), oils, corn glycerides and unsaponifiable substances, germ extract and oil, gluten protein, hydrolyzed starch and a number of others. The cobs are used as sorbents and for the production of activated carbon. In conclusion, the economic feasibility of using cobs in a number of processes is pointed out. Today, in most cases, they are disposed of in ways that harm the environment.

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