Milk Thistle Extract

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Silymarin is kind of a flavonoid lignans compounds extracted from the seed coats of the medicinal compositae Silybum marianum, yellow or brown powder, bitter in taste. Soluble in Acetone, Ethyl Acetate, Ethanol and Methanol, Hardly soluble in chloroform, insoluble in **. The main ingredients are : Silybin, Isosilybin, Silydianin, Silychristin,etc

Silymarin extracted by ethyl acetate has the characteristic of lower toxicity compares with Acetone, and it can extract higher assay Silymarin than Ethanol. So Silymarin extracted with Ethyl Acetate is the first choice of lower toxicity of organic residue solvents and higher flavone among Silymarin products.

Silymarin extracted by Ethanol is snuff color powder, bitter in taste. It is extracted with Ethanol, this solve the problem of residual organic solvents, and make the Silymarin more safety to the human body, and it is the better raw material of drug and food.

** soluble silymarin is new type Silymarin product, which is a compound of Silymarin and Meglumine. It solves the problem which Silymarin does not dissolve in **, the problem may influence the utilization ratio. ** Soluble Silymarin dissolve well in **, it has all the efficacy of Silymarin. Besides, it widens the using field of Silymarin. It widely used in function food, drinks and health products and cosmetics.