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
Antialopecic	4	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiamblyopic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiamnesic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiamyloid-Beta	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic	4	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antianginal	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarabiflavinotic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiarrhythmic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	9	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic	6	Duke, 1992 *