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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antierythemic | 1 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Antiescherichic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiestrogenic | 5 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antifatigue | 4 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antifeedant | 6 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Antifertility | 2 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antifibrinolytic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53. |
| Antifibromyalgic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifibrosarcomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifibrotic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiflu | 1 | Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart. |
| Antifuruncular | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antigallstone | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigastric | 1 | Rastitel'nye Resursy, 21: 85. |
| Antigastritic | 3 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antigastrotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigingivitic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglaucomic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiglossitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiglycosuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |