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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PEROXIDASE-ISOENZYMES | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PEROXIDASE-ISOENZYMES | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PEROXIDASE-ISOENZYMES | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PEROXIDASE-ISOENZYMES | 0 | Stem | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Leaf | 1553.0 | 7060.0 | 0.38 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Plant | not available | 7060.0 | 1.67 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Leaf | 1833.0 | 8330.0 | -0.97 | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Plant | not available | 8330.0 | -0.94 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| PROLINE | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Leaf | 31460.0 | 143000.0 | -0.69 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Plant | not available | 143000.0 | -0.25 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Seed | 186000.0 | 280000.0 | 0.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN | 176 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN | 176 | 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. |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Leaf | 0.4 | 2.0 | -0.17 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SELENIUM | 60 | Leaf | 2.0 | 7.1 | 0.16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SELENIUM | 60 | Plant | not available | 7.1 | -0.11 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| SILANDRIN | 1 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antistomatitic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antistreptococcic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistress | 6 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antistroke | 2 | 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 |
| Antisyndrome-X | 6 | 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 |
| Antithiamin | 1 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69. |
| Antithrombic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antithyroid | 1 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Antitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antitinnitic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antitriglyceride | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antitrypanosomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor | 11 | Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990. |
| Antitumor (Bladder) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (brain) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Breast) | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Cervix) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (CNS) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Colon) | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Gastric) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |