The paper presents the antioxidant activity evaluation of Silybum marianum L. extract in comparison with the commercial silymarin standard solution (2 mg/mL) and the time-dependent antioxidant capacity by calculating the free radical 2,2-diphenyl-1-pycryl-hydrazyl (DPPH) reaction rate in the presence of these biosystems. The best result was obtained in the case of S. marianum L. extract, with a...

Many studied were conducted to evaluate the antihepatotoxic and antioxidant activities of Silybum marianum and proved these actions. The Naturally grown seed in Iraqi-Kurdistan Region also were studied for its chemical contents and biological activities. Vegetable oils occur in various plant parts mainly concentrated in the seeds. In this study comparison was made between the fatty acid pattern...

Milk thistle is a well known and commonly used herb, used particularly in hepatic diseases. It has very potent antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and antifibrotic properties (1). As a single agent its therapeutic effects in liver disease appear to be modest (2,3,4,5). Herbal medicines and supplements are likely to be much more beneficial when used synergistically in combinations or formulas. Milk ...

In the present study, the detection and mapping of Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn. weed using novelty detection classifiers is reported. A multispectral camera (green-red-NIR) on board a fixed wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was employed for obtaining high-resolution images. Four novelty detection classifiers were used to identify S. marianum between other vegetation in a field. The classifier...

H. Fallah Huseini*, B. Larijani, R. Heshmat, H. Fakhrzadeh, B. Radjabipour, T. Toliat and Mohsin Raza Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Medicinal Plants, ACECR Tehran, Iran Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran School of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Department of Physiology, School of Medical Sci...

Remote sensing techniques are routinely used in plant species discrimination and of weed mapping. In the presented work, successful Silybum marianum detection and mapping using multilayer neural networks is demonstrated. A multispectral camera (green-red-near infrared) attached on a fixed wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was utilized for the acquisition of high-resolution images (0.1 m resolu...

Silymarin, an extract of the seeds of Silybum marianum L. (milk thistle), is used for treatment of liver diseases. It contains several active flavonolignans; the major are silybin, which is a mixture of diastereomers A and B, and silychristin. Low bioavailability of silybin and silychristin is related to low water solubility of these compounds. In order to enhance the solubility, S. marianum dr...