The results of most clinical trials with the thistle (Silybum marianum) extract, silymarin, are difficult to interpret because of a variety of reasons: small sample size, variability in type and ...

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equivalent to 400 to 1140mg of standardised extract. Hepatoprotection has been documented by improvement in liver function tests; moreover, treatment with silymarin was associated with an increase ...

This document summarizes the safety considerations that informed Health Canada's decision to allow the use of milk thistle seed extract (silymarin) as a supplemental ingredient. The acceptability of a ...

Artichokes are rich in antioxidants, such as cynarine and silymarin ... that artichoke extracts can lower bad cholesterol ...

The milk thistle seed extract that Health Canada has permitted, as a result of the aforementioned safety assessment, is derived from the seeds of milk thistle, Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn., and is ...