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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
PEROXIDASE-ISOENZYMES | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
PEROXIDASE-ISOENZYMES | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
PEROXIDASE-ISOENZYMES | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
PEROXIDASE-ISOENZYMES | 0 | Stem | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Leaf | 1553.0 | 7060.0 | 0.38 | Duke, 1992 * |
PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Plant | not available | 7060.0 | 1.67 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
POTASSIUM | 14 | Leaf | 1833.0 | 8330.0 | -0.97 | Duke, 1992 * |
POTASSIUM | 14 | Plant | not available | 8330.0 | -0.94 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
PROLINE | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
PROTEIN | 0 | Leaf | 31460.0 | 143000.0 | -0.69 | Duke, 1992 * |
PROTEIN | 0 | Plant | not available | 143000.0 | -0.25 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
PROTEIN | 0 | Seed | 186000.0 | 280000.0 | 0.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
QUERCETIN | 176 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
QUERCETIN | 176 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Leaf | 0.4 | 2.0 | -0.17 | Duke, 1992 * |
SELENIUM | 60 | Leaf | 2.0 | 7.1 | 0.16 | Duke, 1992 * |
SELENIUM | 60 | Plant | not available | 7.1 | -0.11 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
SILANDRIN | 1 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | 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. |