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Milk thistle (Silybum marianum), also called silybum, holy thistle and silymarin, is a member of the Asteraceae or daisy family. Other common names are Marian thistle, Mediterranean thistle, Mary thistle, variegated thistle and blessed milk thistle. Its use dates back thousands of years to the time of the ancient Greeks and Romans.

The compounds in milk thistle, which are dominantly flavonoids, include silymarin, silybin, isosilybin and silibinin. Flavinoids act as powerful antioxidants, scavenging for reactive oxygen species in vivo. Additionally, Milk thistle has been extensively studied for its role in supporting liver function.

PureBulk's Milk thistle extract powder is standardized to contain 80% silymarin flavinoids, of which there are 30% silibinin (silybin) by weight.

{Note: Milk thistle is NOT the same as milkweed. They are two distinctly different plants.}

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