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Plant Silybum marianum (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Milk Thistle; Lady's Thistle
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Vasoconstrictor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator 10 Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor 1 Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 3 Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 1772.