milk thistle fruit and powder

MILK THISTLE

Blood glucose
Liver function
Digestion
Antioxidant

The fruit of the milk thistle Silybum marianum comes from a biennial flowering plant of the Asteriaceae family native to Asia and Southern Europe. It contains mainly sylimarin, a powerful antioxidant traditionally used for liver health and certain digestive disorders. Read the detailed description

Our references

milk thistle fruit and powder
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>30% silymarine

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milk thistle fruit and powder
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65% Sylimarine calc. en silybin

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milk thistle fruit and powder
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>10% silymarine

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milk thistle fruit and powder
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>25% silymarine

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milk thistle fruit and powder
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>80% silymarine

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milk thistle fruit and powder
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Regulations
and analysis

Identification : TLC

Data on traditional use

Cahier de l’agence du médicament (France):

  • Used for digestion

EMA monograph: (fruit)

  • Used to relieve digestive disorders, feelings of fullness and indigestion, and to support liver function.

WHO monograph: (fruit)

  • Used for indigestion

Canada monograph: (fruit)

  • Used to support liver function and help relieve digestive disorders

German monograph :

  • Used for digestive disorders (indigestion) (fruit)
  • Used to support liver and gallbladder function (plant)
Plant bylaw file
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Detailed description

Milk thistle Silybum marianum is a biennial flowering plant of the Asteriaceae family native to Asia and southern Europe, but now found worldwide.

It has been used for thousands of years in traditional medicine for digestive disorders and liver and gallbladder health.

Milk thistle fruit contains mainly silymarin, composed of flavonolignans such as silybin, isosilybin, silychristin, isosilychristin and silydianin, as well as other flavonoids such as taxifolin, quercetin and apigenin. The most widespread and biologically active of these is silybin.

Silymarin, and in particular silybin, is a powerful antioxidant that not only helps maintain healthy liver cell function, but also has beneficial effects on digestion and blood sugar levels.