"Milk Thistle" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The plant Silybum marianum in the family ASTERACEAE containing the bioflavonoid complex SILYMARIN. For centuries this has been used traditionally to treat liver disease. Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn. = Carduus marianus L.
| Descriptor ID |
D020944
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.650.940.800.575.912.250.100.525
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| Concept/Terms |
Milk Thistle- Milk Thistle
- Milk Thistles
- Thistle, Milk
- Thistles, Milk
- Carduus marianus
- Silybum marianum
- Silybum marianums
- marianums, Silybum
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| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Milk Thistle" by people in Profiles.
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Milk thistle (Silybum marianum): A concise overview on its chemistry, pharmacological, and nutraceutical uses in liver diseases. Phytother Res. 2018 Nov; 32(11):2202-2213.
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Reply to the letter by Dr. Ulas to the manuscript entitled: "Silybum marianum provides cardioprotection and limits adverse remodeling post-myocardial infarction by mitigating oxidative stress and reactive fibrosis". Int J Cardiol. 2018 11 01; 270:78.
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Silybum marianum provides cardioprotection and limits adverse remodeling post-myocardial infarction by mitigating oxidative stress and reactive fibrosis. Int J Cardiol. 2018 Nov 01; 270:28-35.
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Therapeutic effects of silibinin on LPS-induced acute lung injury by inhibiting NLRP3 and NF-?B signaling pathways. Microb Pathog. 2017 Jul; 108:104-108.