About Marian Thistle Extract
Milk thistle (Silybum marianum) extracts have been used as traditional herbal remedies for almost 2000 years. Several scientific studies suggest that substances in milk thistle, especially a flavonoid called silymarin, protect the liver from toxins.
Silymarin is a mixture of flavonoid complexes (silybine, isosilybine, silycristine, silydianine and taxifoline are the main active flavanoids) and has antioxidant and antiinflammatory properties and T cell-modulating effects. Recent experimental and clinical studies sugggest that milk thistle extracts also have anticancer, antidiabetic and cardioprotective effects. There is strong preclinical evidence for silymarin’s hepatoprotective
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