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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
CHRYSOERIOL 7 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CNICIN 10 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Leaf 1.0 4.1 -0.27 Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Plant not available 4.1 -0.34 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
COSMOSIIN 4 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYSTEINE 13 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDROCONIFERYL-ALCOHOL 0 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.
DEHYDRODICONIFERYL-ALCOHOL 0 Seed not available 800.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDROSILYBIN 0 Fruit not available 100.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDROSILYBIN 0 Seed not available 0.6 not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROSILYBIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROSILYBIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DODECA-1-11-DIENE-3-5-7-9-TETRAYNE 0 Essential Oil not available 10000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Seed not available 1000.0 -0.54 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ERIODICTYOL 10 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ERIODICTYOL 10 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHYLENE 1 Leaf not available 800.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Leaf 12760.0 58000.0 0.03 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Plant not available 58000.0 0.09 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
FAT 0 Seed 160000.0 450000.0 0.97 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
Antidiabetic 9 Duke, 1992 *
Antidiscotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Aluminum) 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antidote (Cadmium) 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Hypoglycin-A) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Lead) 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Mercury) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Paraquat) 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidysgeuzic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidyskinetic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidysphagic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antieczemic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antielastase 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiencephalitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antienterotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic 5 Duke, 1992 *