SUMMARY
According to the concept of development and implementation of monographs on herbal material into the State Pharmacopoeia of Ukraine, Corn silk is included into the list of herbal material, which is described in the State Pharmacopoeia USSR XI edition and is absent in European Pharmacopoeia. Therefore, development of the national monograph on this herb is relevant. It was mentioned before, that in the State Pharmacopoeia USSR XI edition modern methods for identification of biologically active compounds of the given herb are absent, and identification is performed only by macroscopic and microscopic diagnostic features.