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Common Names
Milk Thistle; Lady's Thistle
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISOSILYBIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOSILYBIN-A | 0 | Fruit | not available | 42800.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOSILYBIN-B | 0 | Fruit | not available | 42800.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOSILYCHRISTIN | 0 | Fruit | not available | 100.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL | 75 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL | 75 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| KAEMPFEROL-3-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOSIDE-7-O-BETA-D-GALACTURONIDE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL-3-O-ALPHA-RHAMNOSIDE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KARDOLLIN-22 | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KARDOLLIN-35 | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KARDOLLIN-75 | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KARDOLLIN-95 | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LEUCINE | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Seed Oil | 600000.0 | 700000.0 | 1.21 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLENIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLENIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLENIC-ACID | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LUTEOLIN | 78 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiradicular | 6 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| AntiRaynaud's | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiretardation | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiretinopathic | 1 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Antiretinotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antirheumatic | 5 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antirhinitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antirhinoviral | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 197. |
| Antiscorbutic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiscotomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiseptic | 4 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiserotonin | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antishingles | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antisickling | 1 | Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990. |
| Antisilicotic | 1 | Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987. |
| Antisindhis | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antispare-Tire | 1 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Antispasmodic | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antispasmophilic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antistaphylococcic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |