Silymarin extracts are not a single ingredient, modern pharmacology collectively referred to them as silymarin.
The whole herb of silymarin contains flavonoids and fenugreek acid components. The seeds of silymarin contain silybin, isosilybin, dehydrosilybin, silybinin, silydianin, silydianin, silybin polymers, and cinnamic, myristic, palmitoleic, and arachidonic acids.
When calculating the content, silymarin is used as the main measuring element.
Two, the difference between silymarin and silybin
1, different ingredients
The main difference between silymarin and silymarin is the different ingredients.
As mentioned before, silymarin is a general term for a series of flavonoid lignan compounds extracted from the traditional Chinese medicine silymarin, and its components include silybin, silybinning, silydianin, and isosilybin, etc. However, silybin is a class of flavonoids extracted separately from silymarin.
2, research and pharmaceutical different
Now a single silymarin developed by the drug silymarin glucosamine tablets, silymarin capsules, etc., and silymarin developed by the drug silymarin capsules, silymarin tablets, etc..
Three, the efficacy and role of silymarin extract
The traditional Chinese medicine silymarin is a kind of drug that is more difficult to dissolve in water, so the extraction of its key ingredients can help us better utilize silymarin.
1, protect the liver
The main role of silymarin extract is to protect the liver, it can protect the enzyme system of the liver cells, assist the liver to self-regulation, and have a good role in promoting the protection and repair of the liver.
2, detoxification
In addition, silymarin can also effectively decompose the alcohol content into the liver, assist the liver cells to repair, promote the differentiation and proliferation of liver cells, the effect of detoxification is also good.
3, antioxidant
Silymarin contains more phenolic hydroxyl, can provide more hydrogen atoms for the human body, so it can remove excess free radicals in the human body, anti-lipid peroxidation activity.
4, lipid-lowering
Silymarin also has the important effect of lowering blood lipids, so many clinical lipid-lowering drugs will use this extract.