- High content of silymarin
- Antioxidant effect
- Beneficial effect on liver function
- Supporting anti-acne treatment
Jarrow Formulas Milk Thistle is a dietary supplement containing 150 mg ofMilk Thistle (Silybum marianum) extract per capsule. As much as 80% of the composition is made up of flavonoids, and their main representative in the preparation is silymarin complexes, which show a very wide range of health-promoting applications. It is mainly used to support the functions performed by the liver, and, as is well known, there are countless of them.
Silymarin is a complex plant compound, used in medicine, consisting of flavonolignans (silybin, isosilybin, silycristine, silydianin, taxophylline). Available sources state that the uses of silymarin are extensive: antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, protective for the liver against toxins, detoxifying, anti-proliferative, diastolic, and stabilizing the structure of cell membranes.
Sylibin is the main component of silymarin. It is believed to have anti-hepatotoxic activity against many chemicals that can disrupt or damage liver cells (mycotoxins, carbon tetrachloride, ether, paracetamol, pyramidone, antipyrine, ethanol and chloroform). In addition, it can have anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects.