Product Name: Milk Thistle Extract Silymarin

Latin Name in Botany: Silybum marinaum (L) Gaenrt

Used Parts: Seed

Family: Asteraceae

Genus: Silybum

Appearance:  Yellow powder

Available specifications：

Silymarin 80% UV; silibinin 30% HPLC

Indications：

Silymarin, is a flavonoid which is purified from milk thistle seeds. And it includes Silybinin A, B, Silydianin, Silychristin, Dehydrosilybinin, Isosilybinin A, B, etc.. Silymarin has functions of protecting the liver, anti-radiation, and lipid-lowering.

Pharmacological functions:

1. Protecting the liver: as the main active ingredient of protection the liver, silymarin has a regenerative effect, it can stimulate new liver cells to form and improve liver function; at the same time, it can protect the liver cell membrane, prevent liver infiltrating cytotoxic cells, and improve the resilience of the membrane structure defects.

2. Antioxidant: silymarin can eliminate free radicals and anti-lipid peroxidation.

3. Lowering blood pressure: silibinin can inhibit adult rat cardiac cell membrane Ca2 + channels, inhibit food-induced high blood cholesterol, reduced very low density lipoprotein (VLDL) and low density lipoprotein (LDL), increased high-density lipoprotein (HDL), it can be used for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases.

Applications: Pharmaceutical raw materials, Health food, Food additives