100% water soluble Milk Thistle Extract /Silybum marianum Extract Silymarin 40% (UV)

Short Brief:                                                                                                        

Silymarin is a new type of flavonoid compound extracted from silymarin seeds. It is a light yellow powdery substance. Its main components are silybin, isosilybin, and water. Silydianin, silychristin, etc. Among them, silibinin has the highest content and the strongest activity. It has physiological effects such as liver protection, blood lipid lowering, antioxidant, diabetes prevention, myocardial protection, anti-platelet aggregation and anti-tumor. Widely used to treat acute and chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis and liver injury

Introduction of the origin of Milk Thistle                                                              

Silybum marianum was introduced in Germany, but at present, from the world point of view, its main production area is China, and the production area in China is the largest in Heilongjiang Province, which accounts for more than 70% of the national production. The annual demand for this variety is large and growing, with roughly 15,000 tonnes needed annually. 2016 production was about 30,000 tonnes.

1.

1. As an introduced variety, Milk Thistle has been successfully planted and promoted in Lintong, Weinan, and Huaxian in Shaanxi since the 1970s, when it was introduced from Germany into the western region of China. After the 1990s, because of its good price, it was planted in large quantities in Yangxian in Hanzhong, Pingliang in Gansu, Ningxia and Sichuan. Although planted in a few areas in the Northeast, the scale of planting and production in the Great Northwest is a decisive factor in the fate of Milk Thistle .
2. 2.

    Due to the cheap land resources in the Northeast, coupled with the low cost of inputs of Milk Thistle (only 1kg of seed per mu), the price of Milk Thistle at this stage (10 RMB/kg) is indeed very profitable. At this stage, the price (10 RMB/kg) is very profitable for farmers. In the North-East, the period from planting to harvesting (May to August) is only about 100 days, which is shorter than in the North-West (where Milk thistle are mostly planted in November and harvested in August of the following year). 2007 saw the price of artichokes rise in May, just in time for the planting period in the North-East. The price increase triggered an upsurge in planting in the North-East. There was a large-scale shift from the northwest to the northeast of the country, in Liaoning and northeastern Inner Mongolia. This also became the first big change in the production area after the successful introduction of Milk Thistle in China. The scale of cultivation in the northwestern region is also shrinking year by year, and is now only sporadically planted. Since then, the price and fate of Milk Thistle have been completely in the hands of the people in the Northeast.3. After many years of development, the distribution of production areas in the Northeast has taken shape. The layout is based on the core production area of Milk Thistle seeds in Panjin, Liaoning province, with 70% of the seeds going to the main production area and 30% to other secondary production areas. This is to avoid the degradation of seed performance, which affects yield and silymarin content.

What is the differences between Silymarin and Silibin ?                                             

1.Milk thistle Extract Silymarin

Silymarin is a flavonoid lignan compound extracted from the seed coat of the seeds of silymarin, a medicinal plant of the Asteraceae family, which is a yellowish powder, slightly bitter. The main components are flavonoids such as silybin, isosilybin, silybinin and silydianin. Main effects: Protects the liver, improves liver function, promotes bile secretion and anti-inflammatory. Prevents damage to the liver caused by alcohol, chemical toxins, heavy metals, drugs, food toxins, environmental pollution, etc., and promotes regeneration and repair of liver cells. Therefore, it is called "natural liver medicine". As a strong antioxidant, silymarin can remove free radicals in the body and slow down the aging process. In addition, silymarin has the effect of anti-radiation, preventing arteriosclerosis, and delaying skin aging. It is widely used in medicine, health care products, food and cosmetics, etc. It can also be used in animal husbandry as an additive to feed.

2.Milk Thistle Extract Silibin 

Silybin is the main active ingredient in silymarin, which is the main active ingredient isolated from the seeds of purple-flowered silymarin of Asteraceae, including silybin and isosilybin. . It has the effects of liver protection, improving liver function, enhancing liver cell regeneration, etc. It has good curative effect on acute and chronic hepatitis, liver cirrhosis and metabolic toxic liver injury. Silymarin is the main ingredient in the synthesis of medicinal derivatives of silymarin.