Introduction
Milk thistle has been used to treat diseases in western countries for about 2000 years. Because
of the approved function,
As a medicinal plant, milk thistle was introduced into China as foreign herb plant
from Germany since 1972. milk thistle contain rich flavonoids and a liver-protecting component called silymarin. It is mainly used to treat liver damage caused by excessive alcohol and liver diseases such as liver cirrhosis, acute hepatitis and hepatitis, fatty liver, and cholangitis ,
It is also effetive in gallstones, psoriasis, high cholesterol treatment.
milk thistle featured products are very popular in European and American countries, commonly used in general health food or medicine, many pharmaceutical companies produce liver protection drugs containing milk thistle extract silymarin, which is used in the United States. Treated as a healthy food.
Silybum marianum G. Silybum marianum extract is used as raw material. The commercial extract is usually labeled as containing 80% of total silymarin.
Milk thistle extract benefit
1. Liver protection
Silymarin is the main active ingredient in milk thistle extract, which can help to regenerate and stimulate the formation of new liver cells and improve liver function. At the same time, it can protect the liver cell membrane, prevent the infiltration of cytotoxin into liver cells, and improve the recovery ability of membrane structure defect.
2.Antioxidant
Silymarin's phenolic hydroxyl group provides is a powerful antioxidant that can elimate free radical and scavenging properties and anti-lipid peroxidation activity.
3.Silybinin can inhibit the Ca2+ channel in the plasma membrane of cardiac cells of adult rats, inhibit the high blood cholesterol induced by food, reduce the very low density lipoprotein (VLDL) and low density lipoprotein (LDL), and increase the high density lipoprotein (HDL), which can be used for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases.
collaboration
The milk thistle extract is also blend with other plants such as kudzu root, salvia miltiorrhiza and schisandra berry to protect the liver.
*Pueraria root extract is beneficial to break down alcohol and promote cell differentiation and proliferation; improve liver function and liver microcirculation.
*Salvia miltiorrhiza extract can inhibit inflammatory cytokines, and has the works as antioxidant and inhibite lipid peroxidation.
*Schisandra chinensis extract can promote the synthesis of protein and glycogen in liver cells, enhancing the ability of liver detoxification, promoting the activity of enzymes, and reducing the adverse reactions caused by oxygen free radicals on liver cells.
