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
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 *

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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 *