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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (+)-TAXIFOLIN | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-SILANDRIN | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1-2-EPOXY-TRIDEC-3-ENE-5-7-9-11-TETRAYNE | 0 | Root | not available | 0.2 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 2,3-DEHYDROSILYCHRISTIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| 2,3-DEHYDROSILYCHRISTIN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 2,3-DEHYDROSILYMARIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| 2,3-DEHYDROSILYMARIN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 3-DEOXYSILYCHRISTIN | 1 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 3-DEOXYSILYCHRISTIN | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 3-DEOXYSILYCHRISTIN | 1 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 3-DEOXYSILYDIANIN | 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. |
| 4'-5-7-TRIHYDROXY-3'-5'-DIMETHOXY-FLAVANONE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 4'-5-7-TRIHYDROXY-3'-5'-DIMETHOXY-FLAVANONE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 5,7-DIHYDROXYCHROMONE | 4 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| ALUMINUM | 5 | Leaf | 59.0 | 267.0 | -0.49 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALUMINUM | 5 | Plant | not available | 267.0 | -0.23 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| APIGENIN | 101 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| APIGENIN | 101 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| APIGENIN-7-O-BETA-D-(2''-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOSYL)-GALACTURONIDE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| APIGENIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCURONIDE-6''-ETHYL-ESTER | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| P21-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P450-Inducer | 1 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| P450-Inhibitor | 2 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| PAF-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Percutaneostimulant | 1 | Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990. |
| Perfumery | 2 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Pesticide | 21 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PGE2-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Phagocytotic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Phospholipase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PKC-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Plasmodicide | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Progestational | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Proliferant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prooxidant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Propecic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandin-Sparer | 1 | Fujita, T., Nakatani, E., Funaishi, N., Sakuma, S., Fujimoto, Y. Potent inhibition of prostaglandin inactivation in rabbit gastric antral mucosal slices by selenium ions in-vitro. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 655-657, 1990. |
| Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor | 1 | Ibewuike, J. C., Ogungbamila, F. O., Ogundaini, A. O., Okeke, I. N., Bohlin, L. 1997. Antiinflammatory and Antibacterial Activities of C-methylflavonol from Piliostigma thonningii. Phytotherapy Research, 11(4): 281-284. |
| Prostaglandin-Synthetase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |