A review on Pharmacological Properties of Silybum marianum

Silymarin is the active ingredient in Silybum marianum (milk thistle), a flavonolignan with C-25. Milk thistle has many traditional values. It is used as a vegetable, as a salad, as a bitter tonic and as a galactagogue in nursing mothers and for various ailments such as liver complications, depression, indigestion, congestion of the spleen, varicose veins, diabetes, etc. Amenorrhea, uterine bleeding and menstrual cramps. This chapter attempts to comprehensively discuss the potential of silymarin in the treatment of chronic diseases. Information was provided on the modulation of cell signalling by silymarin and its effects on various diseases such as liver diseases, inflammatory diseases, cancer, neurological disorders, skin diseases and hypercholesterolemia.