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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SILYBUM-MARIANUM-POLYACETYLENE-XIII | 0 | Root | not available | 12.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SILYCHRISTIN | 1 | Fruit | 7000.0 | 147500.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SILYCHRISTIN | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SILYCHRISTIN | 1 | Seed | not available | 1000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SILYDIANIN | 1 | Fruit | 100.0 | 21300.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SILYDIANIN | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SILYDIANIN | 1 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SILYHERMIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SILYHERMIN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SILYMARIN | 16 | Fruit | 7000.0 | 45000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SILYMARIN | 16 | Seed | 7000.0 | 60000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SILYMONIN | 1 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SILYMONIN | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Seed Oil | not available | 178000.0 | 0.52 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TAXIFOLIN | 17 | Fruit | 100.0 | 8000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TAXIFOLIN | 17 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | 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 * |