Background & Aim: Milk thistle [Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn] is an annual or biennial plant, native to the Mediterranean area, which has spread in north and south of Iran. A fruit of milk thistle contains a relatively high amount (approx. 20%) of oil, which exhibits wound-healing, anti-burn, and hepatoprotective properties. Experimental: In this research, a pot experiment wa...

belonging to the family Compositae which comprises about 1000 genera and 20000 species. S. marianum is common in Kashmir at an altitude of 1800—4000 m and is cultivated for ornaments in gardens. The plant is used in the treatment of hepatitis, cirrhosis, regeneration from liver diseases, and liver poisoning. A decoction of this plant is also used by the local physicians for the treatment of a v...

Abstract Milk thistle Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn. is one of the most researched medicinal plants, but at same time it belongs to crops with wide industry potential whose growth requirements for marginal agroecological conditions or response agronomic interventions has not yet been sufficiently studied. The aim present research was verify effect mineral nutrition (NPK 200 kg/ha) and humic acid...

Background & Aim: Milk thistle [Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn] is an annual or biennial plant, native to the Mediterranean area, which has spread in north and south of Iran. A fruit of milk thistle contains a relatively high amount (approx. 20%) of oil, which exhibits wound-healing, anti-burn, and hepatoprotective properties. Experimental: In this research, a pot experiment wa...

      The abilities of Silybum marianum cell culture to biotransform benzaldehyde to benzyl alcohol in three culture systems were compared. Callus cultures of Silybum marianum were established from seedlings, and healthy suspensions and immobilized cultures grown on the Murashige and Skoog medium. S. marianum cells were immobilized in both agar beads and fiber cotton ...

Silybin A (1), silybin B (2), and isosilybin A (3), three of the seven flavonolignans that constitute silymarin, an extract of the fruits of milk thistle (Silybum marianum), were detected for the first time from a fungal endophyte, Aspergillus iizukae, isolated from the surface-sterilized leaves of S. marianum. The flavonolignans were identified using a UPLC-PDA-HRMS-MS/MS method by matching re...