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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
THIAMINE 0 Leaf 0.7 3.0 -0.54 Duke, 1992 *
TIN 4 Leaf 9.0 42.0 3.16 Duke, 1992 *
TIN 4 Plant not available 42.0 1.44 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
TRIAMINE 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.
TRIDEC-1-ENE-3-5-7-9-11-PENTAYNE 0 Root 1.0 1000.0 -0.88 Duke, 1992 *
TRIDEC-1-ENE-3-5-7-9-11-PENTAYNE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIDEC-12-ENE-4-6-8-10-TETRAYN-1-AL 0 Root not available 400.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIDECA-1-11-DIENE-3-5-7-9-TETRAYNE 0 Root 3.0 3000.0 1.73 Duke, 1992 *
TRIDECA-1-11-DIENE-3-5-7-9-TETRAYNE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIDECA-1-3-11-TRIENE-5-7-9-TRIYNE 0 Root not available 15.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIDECA-1-3-11-TRIENE-5-7-9-TRIYNE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIDECA-3,5-DIENE-7,9,11-TRIYN-1-OL-ACETATE 0 Root not available 100.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIDECADIEN-(1,11)-TETRAIN-(3,5,7,9) 0 Root not available 3.0 not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
TRIDECADIEN-(3,5)-TRIIN-(7,9,11)-OL-(1)-ACETATE 0 Root not available 0.1 not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
TRIDECATRIEN-(1,3,11)-TRIIN-(5,7,9) 0 Root not available 0.0 not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
TRIDECEN-(1)-PENTAIN(3,5,7,9,11) 0 Root not available 1.0 not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
TRIDECEN-(12)-TETRAIN-(4,6,8,10)-AL-(1) 0 Root not available 0.4 not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
TYRAMINE 11 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TYRAMINE 11 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Leaf not available 780000.0 -0.14 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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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 *