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Plant Silybum marianum (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Milk Thistle; Lady's Thistle
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
SILANDRIN 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SILANDRIN 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SILANDRIN-3-DESOXY-ISOSILYBIN 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SILICON 4 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SILICON 4 Plant not available not available not available Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
SILYBIN 4 Fruit 500.0 30000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SILYBIN 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SILYBIN 4 Seed 5000.0 17600.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SILYBIN-A 0 Fruit not available 86400.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SILYBIN-B 0 Fruit not available 86400.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SILYBININ 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SILYBINOME 0 Seed not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
SILYBONOL 0 Seed not available 10200.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SILYBUM-MARIANUM-POLYACETYLENE-IX 0 Root not available 100.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SILYBUM-MARIANUM-POLYACETYLENE-IX 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SILYBUM-MARIANUM-POLYACETYLENE-VII 0 Root not available 15.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SILYBUM-MARIANUM-POLYACETYLENE-VIII 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SILYBUM-MARIANUM-POLYACETYLENE-X 0 Root not available 10.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SILYBUM-MARIANUM-POLYACETYLENE-XI 0 Root not available 10.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SILYBUM-MARIANUM-POLYACETYLENE-XII 0 Root not available 10.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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 *