This Listing is for Milk Thistle Seed Extract Tincture 100% ALCOHOL FREE 1, 2, 4, 8, 16oz and also 1/2 or 1 gallon Sizes. Colloquially identified as Carduus marianus , known as Milk Thistle. Plant of the Asteraceae. This fairly typical Thistle. Has red to purple flowers and shiny pale green leaves with white veins. Originally a native of Southern Europe through to Asia, it is now found throughout the world. The medicinal parts of the plant are the ripe seeds. It is used in cases of Liver. Disease, and is claimed to protect the liver against poisons. 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 cancer cells in vitro. A 2005 Cochrane Review considered thirteen randomized 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 that more good quality randomized 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). Is used against poisoning by amanitas. Such as the Death Cap. (Amanita phalloides) as well as in cerebral edema. And acute hepatitis therapy. Milk thistle has been grown as a medicinal plant in monastery gardens since ancient times. The seed is the part of the plant used medicinally. Silybum marianum extract has antifungal effects, preventing the growth of dermatophyte. One pilot study showed that milk thistle may be as effective as fluoxetine. In treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Ingredient List Double HydroGlycerine Extraction of Milk Thistle Seed Distilled Water Pure Vegetable Glycerine (Kosher). The statements made on this website have not been evaluated by the FDA U. Food & Drug Administration. Our products are not intended to diagnose. Cure or prevent any disease. For education and research purposes only. Please research all items before using. I will never knowingly try to mislead you in any way. I do my best to describe everything I sell but I’m not perfect. People do have differences of opinion. I really do take pride in my feedback and try to keep it as perfect as possible. This item is in the category “Health & Beauty\Natural & Alternative Remedies\Herbal Remedies & Resins”. The seller is “herbal-islandstore” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, Germany, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, Japan, China, Korea, South, Indonesia, Taiwan, South Africa, Hong Kong, Bahamas, Israel, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Montserrat, Turks and Caicos Islands, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei Darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French Guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Monaco, Macau, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Vietnam, Uruguay.
- Size: 1 gallon
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
- Formulation: Liquid
- Purpose: Dietary Supplement
- Brand: Herbal Island