What ingredients in milk thistle contribute to its beneficial effects?
Milk thistle extracts are standardized to a concentration of 70-80% of flavone lignans including isosilybinin, silybinin, silychristin, and silydianin, which are collectively called silymarin. Silymarin may play a role in displacing toxins binding to the liver and causing the liver cells to regenerate at a faster rate. Milk thistle is a flowering herb. Silymarin can be extracted from the seeds (fruit). The seeds are used to prepare capsules containing powdered herb or seed; extracts; and infusions (strong teas). [NCCAM] How do suppliers talk about health benefits of milk thistle? Milk Thistle has been marketed as a herbal supplement having a protecting benefits on the liver, they claim milk thistle can even regenerate the liver cells in most liver diseases such as cirrhosis (hardening of the liver), jaundice and hepatitis (inflammation of the liver), cholangitis (inflammation of bile ducts resulting in decreased bile flow). Milk Thistle is also marketed as a preventative medicine to pr
