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Silybum
marianum (L.) Gaertn. = Silymarin marianum = Carduus marianus L.
v. albiflora Eig.
Syn. Cnicus marianus.
Annual or biennial thistle, herb to harvest January –
May.
SILYBUM MARIANUM flora here.
Family:
Asteraceae, Compositae.
Origin Egypt.
Cold Pressed:
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Herb: Pressed of green herbs.
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Seed: Pressed of seeds.
Fluidextract:
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Milk thistle (Silybum) herb fluidextract.
i.
Fluid (liquid) extraction of leaves and flowering tops.
ii.
Tincture the mixture 8:2, 98% alcohol (Ethyl alcohol
absolute) in 24 hours.
iii.
If green (after harvest), either pressing or squeezing the
leaves in mixture.
iv.
Filtered by filter paper.
v.
Packed in 9ml dark glass bottle with glass dropper till
quantity required, please email
your order of Silybum marianum – Thistle
marianum liquid extraction.
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SILYBUM Adans. Thistle
with broad white-mottled leaves not decurrent on the stem. Head large.
Pappus of simple hairs.
Source: STUDENTS’ FLORA OF EGYPT second edition, by VIVI TÄCKHOLM,
D. Sc. (Stockholm) Professor of Systematic Botany, Faculty of Science,
Cairo University. Published by Cairo University. Printed by COOPERATIVE
PRINTING COMPANY Beirut, 1974.
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Silybum
marianum (L.) Gaertn. = Silymarin marianum = Carduus marianus L.
v. albiflora Eig
Syn. Cnicus marianus.
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Common name: Milk
thistle, St. Mary’s thistle, Lady’s thistle, Holy thistle, Blessed thistle,
Mary thistle, vehedistel, Venus thistle, Chardon argente, Chardon marie,
Artichaut sauvage, Echte Mariendistel, Mariendistel Früchte, Shoak
sinnaari, Shoak nassaara, Shoak el-gamal, Shoak el-ghazaal, Likhlaakh,
Lekhlaakh.
Economic plant.
Plants (herbs and flowering tops) and seeds are
feeding animals and beards.
Herbal (traditional) medicine.
Pharmacopoeias wild medicinal plants.
Plants used in folk medicine.
Plants of potential medicinal value.
Wild plant (wild craft).
The amount needed for industry could be obtained by
cultivation.
Part Used: The whole plant, herb, leaf, seed,
flowering top, root.
Green herb or seed, boiled, cold pressed, dry,
grind, fluidextract, tincture extract.
Seeds contain either fixed or essential oil.
Forms and extraction:
1.
Milk thistle herb powder.
2.
Milk thistle seed ground.
3.
Milk thistle seed whole.
4.
Milk thistle (Silybum) leaf fluidextract. Fluid (liquid)
extraction of leaf and flowering tops. 8:2, 98% alcohol (Ethyl alcohol
absolute). Filtered by filter paper.
5.
Milk thistle seed fluidextract.
More Silybum marianum…
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Silybum marianum (L.)
Gaertn. Fruct. Sem.
Carduus marianus L. Sp.
Morphological Description:
Biennial or annual thistle, stout herb, up to 2m high,
almost glabrous. Stem, striate, branched. Leaves with spiny margins and characteristic
white veins and spots. Basal leaves, very large, petiolate, forming
rosettes, pinnatifid. Upper leaves, sessile, clasping, auriculate. Heads,
large with spiny involucral bracts. Flowers, purple or white. Achenes have
yellowish pappus. The fruit is about 6.7 mm long, ca 3 mm wide, and ca 1.5
mm thick.
Source: Wild Medical Plant in Egypt. An Inventory to
support Conservation and Sustainable Use. BATANOUNY K. H.
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Last Update September 25th,
2002.
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Species
List
Genus.
Genus Silybum.
Product Photo.
Botanical
Family.
Chenopodiaceae.
Compositae.
Cruciferae.
Cyperaceae.
Euphorbiaceae.
Gramineae.
Labiatae.
Plantaginaceae.
Sterculiaceae.
Umbelliferae.
Zygophyllaceae.
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