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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor | 4 | Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14. |
| Proteinogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Protisticide | 1 | Meckes, M., Calzada, F., Tapia-Contreras, A., Cedillo-Rivera, R. 1999. Antiprotozoal Properties of Helianthemum glomeratum. Phytotherapy Research, 13(2): 102-105. |
| PTK-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Quinone-Reductase-Inducer | 3 | Uda, Y., Price, K. R., Williamson, G., Rhodes, M. J. C. 1997. Induction of the Anticarcinogenic Marker Enzyme, Quinone Reductase, in Murine Hepatoma Cells In Vitro by Flavonoids. Cancer Lett., 120 (2): 213-216. |
| Radioprotective | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| RNA-genic | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Secretogogue | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Sedative | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Serotonin-Inhibitor | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Serotoninergic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Soap | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Spasmogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Spermicide | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Spermigenic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Succinoxidase-Inhibitor | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Sunscreen | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Suppository | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Sweetener | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Sympathomimetic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |