Milk Thistle
Silybum marianum
Silymarin — hepatoprotective flavonolignans with human glycemic data, working through the liver's central metabolic role.
Cardo marianoEuropean herbal
Used since Greco-Roman times as a bitter tonic and for complaints of the liver and gallbladder.
Source: EMA/HMPC assessment report EMA/HMPC/294188/2013
A traditional reading, held separate from the graded evidence above. It opens no pathway.
What the evidence shows
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Milk thistle's principal molecule, silibinin, freezes spreading abnormal bowel cells at the checkpoint before DNA copying.
Milk thistle, the liver's old guardian: silymarin shields liver cells, steadies their membranes and draws stored fat back out of the liver itself.
Where it appears
10 blend pages carry this ingredient. Open it and you will find this ingredient in the list.
- ACB (Cell-Cycle Checkpoint Restraint)
- Fatty Liver Antidote (Hepatic Steatosis Reversal)
- Force Field (Genomic Radioprotection)
- Heavy Metal Detox (Toxic Burden Excretion)
- Holy Grail (Fat Leaves As Breath)
- Liver Regenerator (Hepatic Restoration)
- NAD+ Booster (Cellular Energy Currency)
- NRF2 Activator (Endogenous Antioxidant Induction)
- Obesogen Blocker (Endocrine Disruptor Defense)
- Senolytic (Senescent Zombie Cell Clearance)