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CAS number: 65666-07-1

Active ingredients: The active ingredients of milk thistle are chemicals called Flavonoids. The flavonoids in milk thistle are silybin, silydianin, and silychristin. Together, they are called silymarin.

Product Characteristics:

Botanical Name: Silybum marianum  

Plant Part: Seeds of S. marianum  

Appearance: Yellow powder  

Solvent: Acetone/ Ethyl Acetate / Ethyl Alcohol

Silymarin  Ratio: > 80% / Can ñor òDepends on requirements

(Silybin + Isosilybin) Ratio: > 30% / Can ñor òDepends on requirements

Product function: 

Antioxidant effects

Treatment of liver cirrhosis caused by alcoholism

Treatment of chronic hepatitis

Treatment of mushrooms poisoning Helping the Liver repair itself  

Range of application: 

Silymarin protects the liver by acting as an antioxidant and by promoting the growth of new liver cells. Silymarin also helps with the digestion of fats. It appears to help keep harmful substances out of liver cells.

Milk thistle can help prevent or reverse liver damage caused by alcohol, recreational drugs, pesticides, some poisons, or hepatitis.

Silymarin has been used (especially in Europe) to treat hepatitis, liver damage due to alcoholism, and poisoning by certain types of mushrooms. However, a recent study of people with hepatitis C showed no benefit from using silymarin.