Milk Thistle Extract Powder contains a large amount of flavonoids in the whole plant. These flavonoids are collectively called silymarin.It is a mixture of two diastereoisomers, silybin A and silybin B.
It is extracted from the dried seeds and fruits of the milk thistle plant by organic solvents. Its main components include silybin, isosilybim, silydianin and silychristin, among which silybin has the highest content and activity. The extract has a light yellow to brown appearance due to different content, insoluble in water, and easily soluble in methanol and ethanol.
Application
1.Milk thistle supplements or other health care products on the market. 2.Preparations for various liver diseases.
Specification-COA
Test items
Specification
Results
Appearance
Amorphous Powder
Conforms
Colour
Yellow to Yellowish-Brown
Conforms
Odour
Slight, Specific
Conforms
Solubility
- in Water
Practically Insoluble
Conforms
- in Methanol and Acetone
Soluble
Conforms
Sulphated Ash
NMT 0.5%
Conforms
Heavy metals
NMT 10 PPM
Conforms
Loss On Drying (2 Hours 105 ℃)
NMT 5.0%
2.8%
Powder size
Mesh 80
NLT 90%
Conforms
Assay of Silymarin (Tested by UV&Calculated toreference to dried basis)
NLT 80%
82.4%
Assay of Silymarin (Tested by HPLC&Calculated toreference to dried basis)
Milk thistle extract has a wide range of pharmacological activities:
On the one hand, silymarin is widely used as a liver protection ingredient in various liver diseases. It has a good therapeutic effect on acute and chronic hepatitis and metabolic toxic liver damage. Mainly manifested in: it can not only promote the formation of new liver cells by promoting protein synthesis, but also repair damaged liver cells. Its mechanism of action may be that silymarin enhances the production of glutathione in the liver, thereby helping to enhance its antioxidant capacity. Its strong antioxidant function can protect liver cells from free radical damage.
On the other hand, silymarin has the effects of lowering blood lipids, blood pressure and blood sugar. It is also beneficial for preventing and treating cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and improving immune function. In addition, more and more studies shows that silymarin has a good therapeutic effect in preventing and treating chronic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, and metabolic syndrome caused by oxidative stress.
Anti-inflammatory and anti-fibrosis of Milk Thistle Extract Powder.