Starch from maize can be used into plastics, fabrics, adhesives, and a lot of other chemical goods.Stigmas from female maize flowers,which are known popularly as corn silk, are sold as herbal supplements.The corn steep liquor, a plentiful watery byproduct of maize wet milling process, is commonly used in the biochemical industry and research as a culture medium to grow a lot of  kinds of microorganisms.