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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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SILYMARIN

Chemical ID
SILYMARIN
Ubiquitous
No
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List of chemical activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Dosage Reference
Anticirrhotic 450 mg/man/day Martindale's 28th
Antidiabetic 600 mg/man/day *
Antierythemic Jim Duke's personal files.
Antihepatotic Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Antiinflammatory *
Antileukotriene *
Antilipoperoxidant IC76=50 *
Antioxidant 10 x tocopherol Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Antiulcer 50-100 mg/kg *
Antiviral Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Glutathionigenic *
Hepatoprotective 50 mg/kg ivn mus Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Hypolipidemic Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Laxative Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Proteinogenic *
Sunscreen Jim Duke's personal files.
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List of chemical plants.
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Plant Name Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
Silybum marianum Seed 7000.0 60000.0 *
Silybum marianum Fruit 7000.0 45000.0 *