Plant Silybum marianum (Asteraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Milk Thistle, Lady's Thistle

How this plant is used

Generally Recognized as Safe

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Sort descending	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
(+)-TAXIFOLIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-SILANDRIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-2-EPOXY-TRIDEC-3-ENE-5-7-9-11-TETRAYNE	0	Root	not available	0.2	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,3-DEHYDROSILYCHRISTIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
2,3-DEHYDROSILYCHRISTIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,3-DEHYDROSILYMARIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
2,3-DEHYDROSILYMARIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-DEOXYSILYCHRISTIN	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-DEOXYSILYCHRISTIN	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-DEOXYSILYCHRISTIN	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-DEOXYSILYDIANIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
4'-5-7-TRIHYDROXY-3'-5'-DIMETHOXY-FLAVANONE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4'-5-7-TRIHYDROXY-3'-5'-DIMETHOXY-FLAVANONE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5,7-DIHYDROXYCHROMONE	4	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
ALUMINUM	5	Leaf	59.0	267.0	-0.49	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Plant	not available	267.0	-0.23	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
APIGENIN	101	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN	101	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN-7-O-BETA-D-(2''-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOSYL)-GALACTURONIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCURONIDE-6''-ETHYL-ESTER	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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