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
FIBER(CRUDE)	0	Leaf	not available	120000.0	-0.19	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(DIETARY)	0	Leaf	not available	390000.0	0.19	Duke, 1992 *
FIXED-OIL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FLAVONES	0	Seed Coat	not available	36600.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE	8	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FUMARIC-ACID	7	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC-ACID	22	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE	7	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID	8	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE	12	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEPTADECA-1-8-15-TRIENE-11-13-DIYN-10-OL	0	Root	not available	800.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEPTADECA-1-8-15-TRIENE-11-13-DIYNE	0	Root	not available	1400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEPTADECA-1-CIS-8-CIS-15-TRIENE-11-13-DIYN-10-OL	0	Root	not available	5.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEPTADECA-CIS-2-CIS-9-16-TRIENE-4-6-DIYNE	0	Root	not available	5.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEPTADECATRIEN-(1,8,15)-DIIN-(11,13)	0	Root	not available	1.4	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
HEPTADECATRIEN-(1,8,15)-DIIN-(11,13)-OL-(10)	0	Root	not available	0.8	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
HISTAMINE	18	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.
IRON	6	Leaf	23.0	106.0	-0.65	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Plant	not available	106.0	-0.61	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
ISOSILYBIN	0	Fruit	not available	4000.0	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
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 *