Profile of Milk Thistle Extract

Profile of Milk Thistle Extract

Milk thistle:

Milk thistle is a Chinese traditional herb, GEM raw material seeds is harvested in the north of China. 

How factory get silymarin?

Currently, it has 3 kinds of solvents popularly used in the market. That is acetone, ethanol and ethyl acetate. Different solvents make different price. For example, factory will add acetone to extract silymarin out from the seeds.

Best seller specication:

80UV&30HPLC silymarin and 80UV&50HPLC silymarin by acetone or Ethanol. 

Price difference:

Different solvents make different price. Based on same specification condition, actone extract < ethyl acetate < ethanol.

Introduction for the active ingredients of milk thistle extract:

Silymarin is the main active ingredients of milk thistle extract, which is a natural flavonoid lignan compound. Silymarin mainly contains silybin, isosilybin, silydanin, and silychristin. Silymarin is insoluble in water, easily soluble in acetone, ethyl acetate and ethanol.

The function of milk thistle extract:

Silymarin has been proven to promote liver metabolism ability, enhance the regenerative ability of liver cells, and strenthen the liver's resistance to toxic substances. Through these effects, milk thistle helps the liver more effectively eliminate harmful substances from the body, maintaining liver cleanliness and health. Milk thistle extract has been a core ingredient for liver protection products.