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Plant Silybum marianum (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Milk Thistle; Lady's Thistle
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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 Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CHRYSOERIOL 7 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CNICIN 10 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Leaf 1.0 4.1 -0.27 Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Plant not available 4.1 -0.34 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
COSMOSIIN 4 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYSTEINE 13 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDROCONIFERYL-ALCOHOL 0 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.
DEHYDRODICONIFERYL-ALCOHOL 0 Seed not available 800.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDROSILYBIN 0 Fruit not available 100.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDROSILYBIN 0 Seed not available 0.6 not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROSILYBIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROSILYBIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DODECA-1-11-DIENE-3-5-7-9-TETRAYNE 0 Essential Oil not available 10000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Seed not available 1000.0 -0.54 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ERIODICTYOL 10 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ERIODICTYOL 10 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHYLENE 1 Leaf not available 800.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Leaf 12760.0 58000.0 0.03 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Plant not available 58000.0 0.09 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
FAT 0 Seed 160000.0 450000.0 0.97 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
Cancer-Preventive 21 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 5 Martindale's 28th
Capillariprotective 1 Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic 3 Hutchings, A, Scott, AH, Lewis, G, and Cunningham, A. 1996. Zulu
Medicinal Plants. An inventory. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg. 450 pp.
Cardiomyopathogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardioprotective 8 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiovascular 3 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Catabolic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive 2 Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Circulotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Depressant 2 Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Inhibitor 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Colorant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
COMT-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *