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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APIGENIN-7-O-BETA-GALACTOSIDE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| APIGENIN-7-O-GLUCOSIDE | 2 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| APIGENIN-7-O-GLUCURONIDE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARACHIDIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| ARACHIDIC-ACID | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| AROMADENDRIN | 3 | Fruit | not available | 150.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Leaf | 26.0 | 120.0 | -0.43 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Leaf | 13860.0 | 63000.0 | -0.98 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Plant | not available | 63000.0 | -1.05 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| BEHENIC-ACID | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| BEHENIC-ACID | 1 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Leaf | 7.0 | 31.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Plant | not available | 31.0 | -0.56 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Seed | not available | 100.0 | -0.59 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETAINE | 14 | Seed | not available | 80.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Leaf | 1421.0 | 6460.0 | -0.82 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Plant | not available | 6460.0 | -0.76 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Leaf | 0.5 | 2.2 | -0.46 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Plant | not available | 2.2 | -0.66 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| CHRYSOERIOL | 7 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antigonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antigonadotropic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antigout | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigranular | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiGTF | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihangover | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihemorrhagic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihepatitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihepatocarcinogenic | 1 | Akao, M. and Kuroda, K. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Fumaric Acid on Hepatocarcinogenesis by Thioacetamide in Mice. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(7): 2012-2014, 1990. |
| Antihepatotic | 1 | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| Antihepatotoxic | 8 | Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 253. |
| Antiherpetic | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiherpetic? | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihistaminic | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiHIV | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihomocystinuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihydrophobic | 1 | Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart. |
| Antihyperactivity | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antihyperammonemic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihyperkeratotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |