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
LUTEOLIN-7-GLUCOSIDE	7	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Leaf	887.0	4030.0	-0.04	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Plant	not available	4030.0	-0.01	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
MANGANESE	14	Leaf	3.2	14.7	-0.44	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Plant	not available	14.7	-0.59	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
MUCILAGE	3	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NARINGENIN	56	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NARINGENIN	56	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEOSILYHERMIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEOSILYHERMIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Leaf	2.2	10.0	-1.06	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Plant	not available	10.0	-0.93	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
NITRATES	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTADECADIENOIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTADECATRIENOIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTADECENOIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed Oil	180000.0	250000.0	-0.37	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Plant	not available	not available	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 *