Description
Milk Thistle is clinically or traditionally used to:
- Support healthy liver function.
- Act as a hepatoprotective and assist detoxification.
- Standardised to contain 176.4mg of Silybin per capsule.
Clinical benefits:
- Milk Thistle may act as a hepatoprotective to help maintain healthy liver function.
- Milk Thistle contains Silymarin, which has illustrated hepatoprotective properties; demonstrating increases in the redox state and total glutathione content of the liver.
- Silymarin protects the liver by altering the structure of the hepatocyte cell membrane, by being incorporated into the hydrophobic-hydrophilic interface of the microsomal bilayer.
- Milk Thistle has also been used to assist bile production and detoxification in traditional Western herbal medicine.
- Silymarin found in Milk Thistle has been shown to stimulate bile salt excretion by expanding the endogenous bile salt pool.
- Silymarin inhibits beta-glucuronidase; an enzyme that removes glucuronic acid from the conjugated substance before elimination, during phase II detoxification pathway.
- Silymarin is also an inhibitor of phase I detoxification.
Each capsule contains: | |
Extract equivalent to: | |
Silybum marianum, seed dry (Milk thistle) | 14.7 g |
Free from animal products, corn, dairy protein, lactose, eggs, gluten, wheat, nuts, yeast, soy protein and salt. Free from artificial colours, flavours and preservatives.
- Always read the label. Follow the directions for use.
- If symptoms persist, consult your healthcare professional.
TGA Listed product with Aust L 168011.
Download TGA Public Summary for TGA published information including excipients, which are listed under 'Other Ingredients'.