NAME:  Milk Thistle P. E.

SYNONYMS:  Silymarine,

SPEC.: DAB10/UV 80%

TEST METHOD:  UV

PLANT SOURCE:  silybum marinaum(L) Gaenrt
CAS NO.:  65666-07-1

MOLECULAR FORMULAR&MOLECULAR MASS:  C₂₅H₂₂O₁₀ 482.436

CHARACTERISTIC:  Silymarine is a kind of favonolignan compound, it is extracted from the seeds of composite plant Silybum marianum, yellow or brown powder, bitter in taste.

PHARMACOLOGY:  Silymarin is a kind of favonolignan compounds, it is extracted from the seeds of composite plant Silybum marianum, bitter in taste. It has the efficacy of liver protecting, improving the function of liver, promoting biliation and diminish liver inflammation. As a kind of better antioxidant, it can clear free radical in human body, postpone senility. Silymarin can protect the liver from damage of alcohol, chemical toxicant, drug, food poison, environmental pollution; accelerate liver cell regenerating and repairing. So it is called “the natural liver-protection drug”. It is widely used in drug, health products, food and cosmetics.