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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Tachycardic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Taenicide | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Teratogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Teratologic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Testosteronigenic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Thymoprotective | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| TNF-alpha-Inhibitor | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor | 5 | Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237. |
| Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor | 3 | Constantinou, A., Mehta, R., Runyan, C., Rao, K., Vaughan, A., Moon, R. 1995. Flavonoids as DNA Topoisomerase Antagonists and Poisons: Structure-Activity Relationships. J Natural Products, 58: 217-225. |
| Tranquilizer | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Trichomonicide | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Tumorigenic | 1 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Tyrosinase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170. |
| Ubiquiot | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Ulcerogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Uricosuric | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Urinary-Acidulant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Uterorelaxant | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Uterotrophic | 3 | Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999. |