Plant Silybum marianum (Asteraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Milk Thistle; Lady's Thistle

How this plant is used

Generally Recognized as Safe

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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.
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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 *