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Plant Silybum marianum (Asteraceae)

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.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Gastroprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Gastrostimulant 1 Martindale's 28th
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Glutathionergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Glutathionigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Gonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Hemolytic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hemostat 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Hepatomagenic 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Hepatoprotective 13 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide 2 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
HIF-1alpha-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Histaminic 1 Martindale's 29th
HIV-RT-Inhibitor 2 Garcia, J., Morin,* C., Nyasse, B., Sondengam, B-L., Tchouankeu, J-C., and Tsamo, E. Complete Structural Assignments Of An Ergosterol Derivative From Entandrophragma utile. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 136-142, 1991.
Hyaluronidase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Hypercholesterolemic 2 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hyperglycemic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hypertensive 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypocholesterolemic 11 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.