Specifications

Product Name:Milk Thistle Extract

Product Code:SME

CAS No.:22888-70-6(Silymarin)

 Botanical Source:Silybum Marianum

Country of Origin:Northeast of China

Used Part:Seed

Appearance:Light Yellow Powder

Odor: Characteristic

Assay Data:

Silymarin:70%by HPLC;Silybin:30%by HPLC

Loss On Drying: ≤5%

Sulphated Ash: 5%

Heavy metal: ≤10PPM

Residual Solvents: 0.01%

 

Microbiology Data

Total Plate Count: 1000CFU/gm

Yeast&Mold: 100CFU/gm

Salmonella: Negative

E.Coli: Negative

 

Description

  It grows 40 to 100 cm tall. The stem is grooved and more or less cottony.The leaves are oblong to lanceolate. They are either wavy loved or pinnated, have spiny edges. They are hairless, shiny green, with milk white veins.The flower heads are 4 to 5 cm long and wide, of red-purple colour. They flower from June to August.The bracts are hairless, with triangular, spine-edged appendages, tipped with a stout yellow spine.The achenes are black, with simple long white pappus, surrounded by a yellow basal ring.

 

Medicinal Uses

  In herbalism, it is used in cases of liver diseases (cirrhosis, jaundice and hepatitis), gallbladder disease, and is claimed to protect the liver against poisons. Silibinin (syn. silybin, sylimarin I) is a hepatoprotective (antihepatotoxic), antioxidant (radical-scavenging agent), thus stabilizing and protecting the membrane lipids of the hepatocytes (liver cells). Silicristin inhibits the enzymes peroxidase and lipoxygenase. Silidianin is a plant growth regulator. A 2000 study of such claims by the AHRQ concluded that "clinical efficacy of milk thistle is not clearly established". However a more recent study did show activity against liver cancers. A 2005 Cochrane Review considered thirteen randomised clinical trials which assessed milk thistle in 915 patients with alcoholic and/or hepatitis B or C virus liver diseases. They question the beneficial effects of milk thistle for patients with alcoholic and/or hepatitis B or C virus liver diseases and highlight the lack of high-quality evidence to support this intervention. Cochrane concluded more good quality randomised clinical trials on milk thistle versus placebo are needed.

  Its potent extract is used in medicine under the name silymarin (a flavonolignane complex consisting of silibinin A and B/silybin/silymarin I, isosilibinin A and B, silicristin/silymarin II, silidianin). Silibinin is used against poisoning by amanitas, such as the Death Cap (Amanita phalloides) as well as in cerebral edema and acute hepatitis therapy.

Mary thistle has been grown as a medicinal plant in monasterial gardens since ancient times.

 

Package and Sorage

Packaging: 10/20/25KG/DRUM, inner by double plastic bag. as per customers' requirement

Storage:Stored in a cool and dry well-closed container, keep away from moisture and strong light/heat.

Shelf Life :2 years when properly stored