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Plant Silybum marianum (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Milk Thistle; Lady's Thistle
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
SILANDRIN 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SILANDRIN 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SILANDRIN-3-DESOXY-ISOSILYBIN 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SILICON 4 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SILICON 4 Plant not available not available not available Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
SILYBIN 4 Fruit 500.0 30000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SILYBIN 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SILYBIN 4 Seed 5000.0 17600.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SILYBIN-A 0 Fruit not available 86400.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SILYBIN-B 0 Fruit not available 86400.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SILYBININ 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SILYBINOME 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.
SILYBONOL 0 Seed not available 10200.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SILYBUM-MARIANUM-POLYACETYLENE-IX 0 Root not available 100.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SILYBUM-MARIANUM-POLYACETYLENE-IX 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SILYBUM-MARIANUM-POLYACETYLENE-VII 0 Root not available 15.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SILYBUM-MARIANUM-POLYACETYLENE-VIII 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SILYBUM-MARIANUM-POLYACETYLENE-X 0 Root not available 10.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SILYBUM-MARIANUM-POLYACETYLENE-XI 0 Root not available 10.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SILYBUM-MARIANUM-POLYACETYLENE-XII 0 Root not available 10.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (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 *