Silymarin

Milk thistle (scientific name: Silybum mar-ianum) is a plant species under the genus Silybum in the Asteraceae family. Originating from Western Europe and North Africa. China cultivates in provinces such as Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Heilongjiang, and Hebei. This type of lean fruit is used as medicine, with a bitter and cool taste, and has the effects of clearing heat, detoxifying, soothing the liver and promoting bile flow. It is commonly used for liver and gallbladder damp heat, rib pain, jaundice, etc.
Silymarin, also known as Silymarin extract, is a flavonoid lignan compound extracted from the seed coat of Silymarin seeds. It is a yellow or brown powder with a bitter taste. Easy to dissolve in acetone, ethyl acetate, ethanol, and methanol, difficult to dissolve in chloroform, insoluble in water.
Silymarin is a flavonoid discovered worldwide that has therapeutic effects on liver diseases. It protects the liver, improves liver function, prevents external factors from damaging the liver, and promotes liver cell regeneration and repair.