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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APIGENIN-7-O-BETA-GALACTOSIDE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| APIGENIN-7-O-GLUCOSIDE | 2 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| APIGENIN-7-O-GLUCURONIDE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARACHIDIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| ARACHIDIC-ACID | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| AROMADENDRIN | 3 | Fruit | not available | 150.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Leaf | 26.0 | 120.0 | -0.43 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Leaf | 13860.0 | 63000.0 | -0.98 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Plant | not available | 63000.0 | -1.05 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| BEHENIC-ACID | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| BEHENIC-ACID | 1 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Leaf | 7.0 | 31.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Plant | not available | 31.0 | -0.56 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Seed | not available | 100.0 | -0.59 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETAINE | 14 | Seed | not available | 80.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Leaf | 1421.0 | 6460.0 | -0.82 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Plant | not available | 6460.0 | -0.76 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Leaf | 0.5 | 2.2 | -0.46 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Plant | not available | 2.2 | -0.66 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| CHRYSOERIOL | 7 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Aphidifuge | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Apoptotic | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Aromatase-Inhibitor | 4 | Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999. |
| Artemicide | 1 | Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990. |
| Asthma-preventive | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Astringent | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| ATPase-Inhibitor | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Bacteristat | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Beta-Blocker | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Bradycardiac | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Bronchoconstrictor | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Bronchostimulant | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Bruchiphobe | 1 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Calcium-Antagonist | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Calcium-Antagonist? | 1 | Biochimica & Biophysica Acta, 1115: 69, 1991. |
| Calcium-Channel-Blocker | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Calmodulin-Antagonist | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |