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⚗️ Ingredient

Silymarin

24
Clinical Trials
11
Meta-Analyses
9
PubMed References
📋 Sample Trials
NCT01018615
Safety, Metabolism, and Antioxidant Activity of Silymarin and Green Tea Extract in Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C
Completed · Phase 1
NCT01292161
Effects of Silybum Marianum on Treatment of Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C
Completed · Phase 2
NCT03659058
Impact of Ursodeoxycholic Acid, Silymarin, Antioxidants and Colchicine on Fibrosis Regression in HCV After SVR
Completed
📊 Sample Meta-Analyses
CRD42020207994
The effects of silymarin administration on type 2 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Metabolic status in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
CRD42021267070
The efficacy of silymarin treatment for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease or non-alcoholic steatohepatitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
The NAFLD is a common chronic liver disease. It influences life health worldwide
CRD42022353487
Effects of silymarin on biomarkers of inflammation and oxidative stress: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
The prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS), a complex of metabolic abnormalitie
📚 Sample References
PMID 20964710
Melatonin or silymarin reduces maneb- and paraquat-induced Parkinson's disease phenotype in the mouse
J Pineal Res · 2011
PMID 20578796
Silymarin: a novel antioxidant with antiglycation and antiinflammatory properties in vitro and in vivo
Antioxid Redox Signal · 2011
PMID 33577847
Silymarin nanoliposomes attenuate renal injury on diabetic nephropathy rats via co-suppressing TGF-β/Smad and JAK2/STAT3/SOCS1 pathway
Life Sci · 2021
⚗️ All Ingredient data fields for Silymarin
⚗️ Identity
Name
Silymarin
Aliases / Synonyms
Silybin; 65666-07-1; Legalon; 84604-20-6; (2R,3R)-3,5,7-trihydroxy-2-[(2R)-2-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-3-(hydroxymethyl)-2,3-dihydro-1,4-benzodioxin-6-yl]-2,3-dihydrochromen-4-one; Silibin; 142796-20-1; 36804-17-8; Apihepar
🧪 Chemistry
Molecular Weight
482.4410
LogP
2.3627
Drug-likeness
0.374
H-Bond Acceptors
10
H-Bond Donors
5
Rotatable Bonds
4
🔬 Structures
Canonical SMILES
COC1=C(C=CC(=C1)C2C(OC3=C(O2)C=C(C=C3)C4C(C(=O)C5=C(C=C(C=C5O4)O)O)O)CO)O
Isomeric SMILES
COC1=C(C=CC(=C1)C2C(OC3=C(O2)C=C(C=C3)C4C(C(=O)C5=C(C=C(C=C5O4)O)O)O)CO)O
InChIKey
SEBFKMXJBCUCAI-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI
InChI=1S/C25H22O10/c1-32-17-6-11(2-4-14(17)28)24-20(10-26)33-16-5-3-12(7-18(16)34-24)25-23(31)22(30)21-15(29)8-13(27)9-19(21)35-25/h2-9,20,23-29,31H,10H2,1H3
🔗 External References
PubChem CID
NPASS
NPC247525
SymMap
18310
TCMID
23141
TCM-ID
954
🔍 Raw view — every non-empty column on this row (30 fields)
name
Silymarin
common names
Silybin; 65666-07-1; Legalon; 84604-20-6; (2R,3R)-3,5,7-trihydroxy-2-[(2R)-2-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-3-(hydroxymethyl)-2,3-dihydro-1,4-benzodioxin-6-yl]-2,3-dihydrochromen-4-one; Silibin; 142796-20-1; 36804-17-8; Apihepar
herb ingredient id
HBIN044040
canonical smiles
COC1=C(C=CC(=C1)C2C(OC3=C(O2)C=C(C=C3)C4C(C(=O)C5=C(C=C(C=C5O4)O)O)O)CO)O
isomeric smiles
COC1=C(C=CC(=C1)C2C(OC3=C(O2)C=C(C=C3)C4C(C(=O)C5=C(C=C(C=C5O4)O)O)O)CO)O
inchi
InChI=1S/C25H22O10/c1-32-17-6-11(2-4-14(17)28)24-20(10-26)33-16-5-3-12(7-18(16)34-24)25-23(31)22(30)21-15(29)8-13(27)9-19(21)35-25/h2-9,20,23-29,31H,10H2,1H3
inchikey
SEBFKMXJBCUCAI-UHFFFAOYSA-N
mol wt
482.4410
num h acceptors
10
num h donors
5
mol logp
2.3627
num rotatable bonds
4
drug likeness
0.374
symmap mol id
18310
tcmid ingredient id
23141
tcm id ingredient id
954
pubchem cid
5213
npass id
NPC247525

📋 Clinical Trials

12 · subject of clinical study
NCT01018615 Safety, Metabolism, and Antioxidant Activity of Silymarin and Green Tea Extract
→ Chronic Hepatitis C|Oxidative Stress
NCT01292161 Effects of Silybum Marianum on Treatment of Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C
→ Hepatitis C
NCT03659058 Impact of Ursodeoxycholic Acid, Silymarin, Antioxidants and Colchicine on Fibros
→ Fibrosis, Liver
NCT03982849 Comparison of Topical Silymarin With Hydroquinone in the Treatment of Melasma
→ Melasma
NCT00030030 Evaluating Silymarin for Chronic Hepatitis C
→ Hepatitis C, Chronic
NCT00055718 Silymarin (Milk Thistle Extract) in Treating Patients With Acute Lymphoblastic L
→ Drug/Agent Toxicity by Tissue/Organ|Leukemia
NCT00389376 Phase I Trial of Silymarin for Chronic Liver Diseases
→ Hepatitis C|Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
NCT00412763 Efficacy of Silymarin for Acute Hepatitis
→ Hepatitis
NCT00680342 Phase II Trial of Silymarin for Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C Who Have Faile
→ Chronic Hepatitis C
NCT00680407 Phase II Trial of Silymarin for Non-Cirrhotic Patients With Non-Alcoholic Steato
→ Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis
NCT01258686 Clinical Study With Silymarin in the Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C Infection
→ Hepatitis C
NCT01752153 Immunomodulatory Effects of Silymarin in Patients With Beta-Thalassemia Major
→ Immune Abnormalities

📊 Meta-Analyses

11 · systematic review
CRD42020207994 The effects of silymarin administration on type 2 diabetes mellitus: a systemati
→ Metabolic status in patients with type 2 diabetes
CRD42021267070 The efficacy of silymarin treatment for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease or non
→ The NAFLD is a common chronic liver disease. It in
CRD42022353487 Effects of silymarin on biomarkers of inflammation and oxidative stress: A syste
→ The prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS), a com
CRD42018088484 Effectiveness of silymarin for patients with beta-thalassemia major
→ Silymarin Silymarin for patients with beta-thalass
CRD42017071315 The therapeutic value of silymarin and conventional iron chelation therapy combi
→ b-thalassemia major, and the role of silymarin in
CRD42023421876 Effect of silymarin supplementation on liver, kidney and oxidative stress Marker
→ Milk thistle (Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn), as a
CRD42023488215 Effect of silymarin supplementation on cardiovascular health: A GRADE-assessed s
→ Cardiometabolic syndrome (CMS) is a combination of
CRD42023462825 The effects of silymarin on inflammation and oxidative stress: a systematic revi
→ inflammation and oxidative stress
CRD42023409111 Neuroprotective effects and possible mechanisms of Silymarin and its active ingr
CRD42023471412 Efficiency of silymarin on direct and indirect parameters of nonalcoholic fatty
→ non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
CRD42023420817 The effect of Silymarin (Milk Thistle) supplementation on the fatty liver: a sys
→ Liver function indices including Aspartate aminotr

📚 PubMed References

9 · cited research
PMID 20964710 Melatonin or silymarin reduces maneb- and paraquat-induced Parkinson's disease p
J Pineal Res
PMID 20578796 Silymarin: a novel antioxidant with antiglycation and antiinflammatory propertie
Antioxid Redox Signal
PMID 33577847 Silymarin nanoliposomes attenuate renal injury on diabetic nephropathy rats via
Life Sci
PMID 35056941 The Beneficial Additive Effect of Silymarin in Metformin Therapy of Liver Steato
Pharmaceutics
PMID 35154575 Effect of Silymarin as an Adjunct Therapy in Combination with Sofosbuvir and Rib
Oxid Med Cell Longev
PMID 35326098 The Symbiotic Effect of a New Nutraceutical with Yeast β-Glucan, Prebiotics, Min
Antioxidants (Basel)
PMID 35366745 Silymarin constrains diacetyl-prompted oxidative stress and neuroinflammation in
Inflammopharmacology
PMID 36087815 Silymarin prevents iron overload induced bone loss by inhibiting oxidative stres
Chem Biol Interact
PMID 36670959 Co-Treatments of Gardeniae Fructus and Silymarin Ameliorates Excessive Oxidative
Antioxidants (Basel)
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