Sell Water-Soluble Milk Thistle Extract

Latin Name Silybum marianum (L.) Gaerth
Family Compositae
Part of the Plant Used Seed

Product Introduction
Milk thistle originally is from Europe, the ingredient responsible for milk thistle's medicinal qualities is called silymarin. Silymarin is a flavonolignan that has been introduced fairly recently as a hepatoprotective agent, it is the most well known compound of the flavonoids, thanks to its well defined therapeutic properties, and in reality it is a mixture of three structural components: silybin, silydianine and silychristine, studies in animals have shown that silymarin promotes the following activities:

Liver Cell Growth ------ Silymarin from milk thistle appears to promote the growth of some types of cells in the liver. Milk thistle is not used to prevent Hepatitis C Virus from causing liver disease. Rather, milk thistle is used with the hope that it would minimize the damage to the liver that HCV can cause.

Antihepatotoxic Activity ------ Studies suggest that silymarin from milk thistle can block various types of toxins from entering and injuring liver cells.

Antioxidation ------ Milk thistle Silymarin may be an effective