Corn kernels are not biological seeds. Corn kernels are fruits. Because the peel and seed coat of corn are closely connected, it is difficult to distinguish them, so generally speaking, corn kernels are fruits, not seeds.

peanut kernel is a seed. The whole peanut is a fruit, the yellow part that can't be eaten outside is the peel, the edible part inside is the seed, the red husk, and the white part is the cotyledon and embryo.

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The vitamin content in corn is very high, which is 5-1 times that of rice and wheat. Among all staple foods, the nutritional value and health care function of corn are the highest. High-nutrient substances such as riboflavin contained in corn are very beneficial to human body.

It is worth noting that the nutritional value of special corn is higher than that of ordinary corn, and the moisture, active substances, vitamins and other nutritional components of fresh corn are also much higher than those of old corn.

Corn silk contains crude fiber, crude protein, polysaccharide and crude fat. The chemical composition of corn silk has changed greatly in different varieties and different periods. The contents of total phenols and total anthocyanins in corn silk reached the highest at the milk ripening stage, and the total flavonoids and antioxidant activity were the highest at the spinning stage, but the contents of total phenols and total flavonoids and antioxidant activity of sweet corn and white jade rice were the highest at the spinning stage.

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